GENARO v. CENT. TRANSPORT, INC.

No. 97-1595.

84 Ohio St.3d 293 (1999)

GENARO v. CENTRAL TRANSPORT, INC. ET AL. BALDWIN ET AL. v. FUTURE ELECTRONICS ET AL. GREER v. BALLY TOTAL FITNESS ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lancione & Simon, P.L.L., Ellen S. Simon and Christopher P. Thorman, for petitioner Michael J. Genaro, Sr.

Sindell, Young & Guidubaldi and Steven A. Sindell, for petitioners Susan Baldwin, Katrina M. Brill, and Colleen Lynn Kulka.

Reminger & Reminger Co., L.P.A., and Joy B. Sonnhalter, for petitioner Kim Greer.

Duvin, Cahn & Hutton, Lee J. Hutton and Michael T. Pearson, for respondents Central Transport, Inc., Central Cartage Company, and Alan Bassetti.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Sandra J. Anderson, Julia A. Davis and David A. Campbell; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., Kenneth M. Bello and Keith Wexelblatt, for respondents Future Electronics, Inc. and Bonita Russell.

Duvin, Cahn & Hutton, Richard C. Hubbard III, Suellen Oswald and Mark F. Humenik, for respondents Bally Total Fitness and Charles Comparato.

Spater, Gittes, Schulte & Kolman, Frederick M. Gittes and Michael S. Kolman; and Louis Jacobs, in support of petitioners for amici curiae, Ohio Employment Lawyers Association et al.

Manley, Burke, Lipton & Cook and Robert H. Mitchell, in support of petitioners for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Cooper, Walinski & Cramer, Cary R. Cooper and Terrell A. Allen; Jenner & Block, Richard C. Bollow, Kenneth R. Dolin and Christine E. Kessler, in support of respondents for amici curiae, Tenneco Automotive, Inc. et al.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Charles C. Warner, David A. Bell and Margaret M. Koesel, in support of respondents for amicus curiae, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Kevin E. Griffith and Denise M. Johnson, in support of respondents for amicus curiae, Huntington National Bank; and Jeffrey Quayle, in support of respondents for amicus curiae, Ohio Bankers Association.


DOUGLAS, J.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, has certified the following question to this court for our determination:

"For purposes of Ohio Rev.Code Ann. [Chapter] 4112, may a supervisor/manager be held jointly and/or severally liable with his employer for his conduct in violation of [R.C. Chapter] 4112?"

With respect to this question, the district court issued the following findings...

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