MURPHY v. CITY OF REYNOLDSBURG

No. 91-2023.

65 Ohio St.3d 356 (1992)

MURPHY, APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT, v. CITY OF REYNOLDSBURG ET AL.; EBY ET AL., APPELLANTS AND CROSS-APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spater, Gittes, Schulte & Kolman, Alexander M. Spater and Samuel Walters, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Matan & Smith and James D. Colner, for appellants and cross-appellees.


ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

Civ.R. 56(C) places a clear duty on a trial court to examine all appropriate materials filed by the parties before it when ruling on a motion for summary judgment. We find that the trial court's failure to comply with the mandates of Civ.R. 56(C) in this case constitutes reversible error. For the reasons which follow, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and remand this cause to the trial court.

Civ.R. 56(C) provides that...

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