FREEMAN v. NORFOLK & W. RY. CO.

No. 93-280.

69 Ohio St.3d 611 (1994)

FREEMAN ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., and W. Patrick Murray; Williams & Williams Co., L.P.A., and Mark R. Williams, for appellants.

Robison, Curphey & O'Connell, Jack Zouhary and Jean Ann S. Sieler, for appellees.

Law Offices of Paul O. Scott and Paul O. Scott; Schulman, Mestel & Burick Co., L.P.A., and Alan Schulman, Jr., urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.


MOYER, C.J.

This case presents the question whether the trial court erred when it refused to submit to the jury a particular interrogatory requested by the defendant. For the reasons stated herein, we hold that the trial court did not err, and consequently we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and reinstate the judgment of the trial court.

The interrogatory requested by Norfolk & Western stated:

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