MOLDOVAN v. CUYAHOGA CTY. WELFARE DEPT.

No. 85-1619.

25 Ohio St. 3d 293 (1986)

MOLDOVAN, APPELLANT, v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra Mendel, Ronald H. Janetzke and Robert Weinberger, for appellant.

John T. Corrigan, prosecuting attorney, Richard A. Hoenigman and Jeffrey I. Sherwin, for appellee.


Per Curiam.

The sole question before us is whether failure of the common pleas court to serve notice of its final appealable order on appellant or her attorney, whose names and addresses were known, frustrates the purposes of law and justice. We find that it does, and reverse the appellate court's judgment.

Every litigant in Ohio is entitled to "[a]n appeal as of right * * * by filing a notice of appeal * * * within the time allowed * * *." App. R....

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