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HELMICK v. CINCINNATI WORD PROCESSING, INC.

No. 88-1122.

45 Ohio St. 3d 131 (1989)

HELMICK ET AL., APPELLEES, v. CINCINNATI WORD PROCESSING, INC. ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 23, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spater, Gittes & Terzian, Frederick M. Gittes and John S. Marshall, for appellees.

Lane, Alton & Horst, John M. Alton and D. Wesley Newhouse, for appellants.

Law Offices of Andrew J. Ruzicho and Louis A. Jacobs, urging affirmance for amici curiae, Columbus Chapter of National Organization for Women and the Committee Against Sexual Harassment.

Ohio State Legal Services Assn., Eugene R. King and Michael R. Smalz, urging affirmance for amici curiae, David A. Gault, Regina Bergmann, Vincent Irizarry, Jr., and Ohio State Legal Services Assn.

Sirkin, Pinales, Mezibov & Schwartz, Marc D. Mezibov and Edmund J. McKenna, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Employment Lawyers Assn.

Kramer & Tobocman Co., L.P.A., and Dennis J. Niermann, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, 9 to 5, National Assn. of Working Women.

WRIGHT, J.

This case requires us to resolve two issues. The first involves an issue of law. The second involves a mixture of law and fact. Appellants assert that the General Assembly abolished common-law tort actions premised upon sexual misconduct by way of preemption when it enacted R.C. Chapter 4112. Appellants also argue that the doctrine of employment at will bars Helmick's breach of contract action, said action being premised upon her discharge without just...

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