2004-Ohio-3591, 811 N.E.2d 545
No. 2003-1443.Supreme Court of Ohio.Submitted June 8, 2004.
Decided July 21, 2004.
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lucas County, No. L-02-1260, 2003-Ohio-3422.
{¶ 1} The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently accepted.
Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Stratton, O’Connor and O’Donnell, JJ., concur.
PFEIFER, J., dissents and would affirm.
Blumenstiel, Huhn, Adams Evans, L.L.C., and J.B. Blumenstiel; Kolb Heban and Richard Kolb, for appellee.
Roetzel Andress, L.P.A., Denise M. Hasbrook, Alisa L. Wright and Brad A. Rimmel, for appellant Toledo Edison Company.
Baran, Piper, Tarkowsky, Fitzgerald Theis Co., L.P.A., and Donald E. Theis, for appellant Asplundh Tree Expert Company.
Botros, Kollin Schulte, L.L.C., Richard W. Schulte and Stephen D. Behnke, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Calfee, Halter Griswold, L.L.P., Thomas I. Michals and Mark L. Belleville, urging reversal for amici curiae Columbus Southern Power Company, Ohio Power Company, Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, Ohio Edison Company, Dayton Power Light Company, and Cincinnati Gas Electric Company.
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