BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. v. OHIO CIVIL RIGHTS COMM.

No. 86-1063.

31 Ohio St. 3d 222 (1987)

BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY, APPELLEE, v. OHIO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, John T. Billick, Sullivan & Cromwell and William A. Ziegler, for appellee.

Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general, and Sherrie J. Passmore, for appellant.


Per Curriam.

In Hazlett v. Martin Chevrolet, Inc. (1986), 25 Ohio St.3d 279, 25 OBR 331, 496 N.E.2d 478, syllabus, we held that "[d]rug addiction and alcoholism are handicaps as defined in R.C. 4112.01(A)(13)." Since Hazlett was decided after the court of appeals issued its decision in this cause, neither of the lower courts had the benefit of that decision. Therefore, we must reverse the decision...

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