State ex rel. Tolle v. Spherion of Mid-Ohio Inc. (Slip Opinion)

2017 Ohio 2923

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: May 23, 2017
• Docket: 2015-1717
• Status: Published

Opinion

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State ex rel. Tolle v. Spherion of Mid-Ohio, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2017-Ohio-2923.]

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SLIP OPINION NO. 2017-OHIO-2923 THE STATE EX REL. TOLLE, APPELLEE, v. SPHERION OF MID-OHIO, INC., ET AL., APPELLANTS.

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State ex rel. Tolle v. Spherion of Mid-Ohio, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2017-Ohio-2923.] Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on the authority of State ex rel. Cordell v. Pallet Cos., Inc. (No. 2015-1717—Submitted April 4, 2017—Decided May 23, 2017.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 14AP-717, 2015-Ohio-3593. _______________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of State ex rel. Cordell v. Pallet Cos., Inc., ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-8446, ___ N.E.3d ___. O’CONNOR, C.J., and FRENCH, O’NEILL, FISCHER, and DEWINE, JJ., concur. SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

O’DONNELL and KENNEDY, JJ., dissent and would schedule oral argument and issue a ruling on the merits following oral argument. _________________ Badnell & Dick Co., L.P.A., and Kelly L. Badnell, for appellee. Lee M. Smith & Associates Co., L.P.A., and Elizabeth P. Weeden, for appellant Spherion of Mid-Ohio, Inc. Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and Kevin J. Reis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant Industrial Commission. _________________