WOOD v. OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, 108 Ohio St.3d 105 (2006)

2006-Ohio-245, 841 N.E.2d 294

WOOD, APPELLANT, v. OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL ET AL., APPELLEES.

No. 2004-0795.Supreme Court of Ohio.Submitted December 14, 2005.
Decided February 8, 2006.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Tuscarawas County, No. 2003 AP 09 0075, 156 Ohio App.3d 725, 2004-Ohio-1765, 808 N.E.2d 887.

{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of McCrone v. Bank One Corp., 107 Ohio St.3d 272, 2005-Ohio-6505, 839 N.E.2d 1.

MOYER, C.J., LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, O’DONNELL and LANZINGER, JJ., concur.

RESNICK and PFEIFER, JJ., dissent.

Brian Law Offices, Richard F. Brian, and Steven J. Brian, for appellant.

Jim Petro, Attorney General; Lee M. Smith Associates, L.P.A., Lee M. Smith, and Kyle D. Martin, Special Counsel to the Attorney General, for appellee Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Jim Petro, Attorney General, Douglas R. Cole, State Solicitor, Stephen P. Carney, Senior Deputy Solicitor, Diane Richards Brey, Deputy Solicitor, and Erica L. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Administrator, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.

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