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RICE v. CERTAINTEED CORP.

No. 98-84.

84 Ohio St.3d 417 (1999)

RICE, RESPONDENT, v. CERTAINTEED CORPORATION, PETITIONER.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Millisor & Nobil, Harley M. Kastner and Keith L. Pryatel, for petitioner CertainTeed Corporation.

Raymond Vasvari; Spater, Gittes, Schulte & Kolman and Frederick M. Gittes, for respondent Ken Rice.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Kimberly L. Charles, Assistant Attorney General, in support of petitioner, for amicus curiae Ohio Attorney General.

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

Spater, Gittes, Schulte & Kolman and Frederick M. Gittes; and Louis Jacobs, in support of respondent, for amicus curiae American Association of Retired Persons et al.

COOK, J.

Pursuant to S.Ct.Prac.R. XVIII, the United States District Court certified the question of "Whether punitive or exemplary damages are available in an employment discrimination action arising under Ohio Rev.Code § 4112.99."

Our response is "yes." R.C. 4112.99 authorizes an award of punitive damages in civil employment discrimination actions.

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