RICH v. McDONALD'S CORP

Nos. 80992 and 81111.

155 Ohio App.3d 1 (2003)

2003-Ohio-5373.

RICH, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. McDONALD'S CORPORATION et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

Decided October 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paige A. Martin Co., L.P.A., and Paige A. Martin, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Johanna Fabrizio, Steven T. Catlett and Nikki J. Palmer, pro hac vice; Duvin, Cahn Brett Rawitz, for McDonald's Corporation.

Gittes Louis A. Jacobs; Law Offices of John S. Marshall and Joshua J. Morrow, for amici curiae.


ANNE L. KILBANE, Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal by McDonald's Corporation ("McDonald's") from a jury verdict awarding Russell Rich $5,000,000 in compensatory damages on his claim of employment discrimination following trial before Visiting Judge John J. Angelotta. McDonald's claims that Rich presented insufficient proof that AIDS was a disability within the meaning of discrimination statutes; that the judge erred in not submitting its proposed jury instructions...

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