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BALYINT v. ARKANASAS BEST FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC.

No. 84-943.

18 Ohio St. 3d 126 (1985)

BALYINT ET AL., APPELLEES, v. ARKANSAS BEST FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC. ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 10, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sindell, Lowe & Guidubaldi Co., L.P.A., Steven A. Sindell and Mark L. Wakefield, for appellees.

Reminger & Reminger Co., L.P.A., and Marc W. Groedel, for appellants.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Robin R. Obetz and Janice A. Judge, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Self-Insurers Association.

Fred Wendell III, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Scott Baldwin, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Jaffy, Livorno, Kaufmann & Arnett Co., L.P.A., Stewart R. Jaffy and

Henry A. Arnett, urging affirmance for amicus curiae District 27, united Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO.

CELEBREZZE, C.J.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether a self-insured employer is answerable in damages for intentionally and wrongfully terminating workers' compensation payments to an injured employee. For the following reasons, we hold that appellees have stated a viable cause of action and that the complaint should not have been dismissed.

In Jones v. VIP Development Co. (1984), 15 Ohio St.3d 90

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