Gatlin v. Stark Cty. Bd. of Mental Retardation & Dev. Disabilities

1995 Ohio 90, 74 Ohio St. 3d 2

Opinion

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 74 Ohio St.3d 2.]

GATLIN, APPELLEE, v. STARK COUNTY BOARD OF MENTAL RETARDATION & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, APPELLANT. [Cite as Gatlin v. Stark Cty. Bd. of Mental Retardation & Dev. Disabilities, 1995-Ohio-90.] Employment relations—Race and handicap discrimination—R.C. 4112.99 is a remedial statute and is subject to R.C. 2305.07's six-year limitation period. (No. 93-2498—Submitted September 27, 1995—Decided October 18, 1995.) CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Stark County, No. CA-9274. _________________ Vincent Gatlin, pro se. Robert D. Horowitz, Stark County Prosecuting Attorney, David A. Thorley, Assistant Chief, Civil Division, and Kristen Bates Aylward, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. _________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed for the reasons stated in Cosgrove v. Williamsburg of Cincinnati Mgt. Co., Inc. (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 281, 638 N.E.2d 991. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER and COOK, JJ., concur. WRIGHT, J., dissents. __________________