State ex rel. Tackett v. Indus. Comm.

2000 Ohio 307, 88 Ohio St. 3d 227

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: March 21, 2000
• Docket: 1999-0981
• Status: Published

Opinion

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 88 Ohio St.3d 227.]

THE STATE EX REL. TACKETT, APPELLANT, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO, APPELLEE, ET AL. [Cite as State ex rel. Tackett v. Indus. Comm., 2000-Ohio-307.] Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and State ex rel. Gay relief ordered. (No. 99-981—Submitted February 8, 2000—Decided March 22, 2000.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 98AP-471. __________________ Law Office of Thomas Tootle and Thomas Tootle, for appellant. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Cheryl J. Nester, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed. The cause is returned to the Industrial Commission for relief consistent with State ex rel. Gay v. Mihm (1994), 68 Ohio St.3d 315, 626 N.E.2d 666. DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. MOYER, C.J., and COOK, J., dissent and would affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissents and would return this cause to the Industrial Commission for further review. __________________