POLIKOFF v. ADAM

Nos. 92-1116, 92-1117, 92-1118 and 92-1119.

67 Ohio St.3d 100 (1993)

POLIKOFF ET AL., APPELLEES, v. ADAM ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, James F. Koehler, D. John Travis and Timothy J. Fitzgerald, for appellees.

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Patrick F. McCartan, Hugh R. Whiting and Jefferey D. Ubersax, for appellants Robin W. Adam, Charles T. Duncan, Martin Feldstein, John S. Foster, Jr., Clifton C. Garvin, Jr., Joseph T. Gorman, Karen N. Horn, E. Bradley Jones, William F. Kieschnick, William S. Kiser, Ruben F. Mettler, P. Roy Vagelos, D.V. Skilling, Martin Abrams and John McGee.

Peter S. Levine, for appellant TRW, Inc.

Murray & Murray, Co., L.P.A., Dennis E. Murray, Sr. and Dennis E. Murray, Jr., urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Murray & Murray, Co., L.P.A.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and Stacy D. Ballin, urging reversal for amici curiae, Ohio Chamber of Commerce and the Ohio Manufacturers' Association.


ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

In deciding this case, we are once again asked to define the characteristics of a final, appealable order. R.C. 2505.02 defines a "final order" as "[a]n order that affects a substantial right in an action which in effect determines the action and prevents a judgment, an order that affects a substantial right made in a special proceeding or upon a summary application in an action after judgment...

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