STATE EX REL. WBNS TV, INC. v. DUES

No. 2003-1476.

101 Ohio St.3d 406 (2004)

2004-Ohio-1497

THE STATE EX REL. WBNS TV, INC. v. DUES, JUDGE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faruki, Ireland & Cox, P.L.L., Charles J. Faruki, Bradley D. Anderson and Karl E. Neudorfer, for relator.

Rebecca Ferguson, Preble County Prosecuting Attorney; Isaac, Brant, Ledman & Teetor, L.L.P., Mark R. Weaver, Mark Landes and Jeffrey A. Stankunas, for respondents.

Walter & Haverfield, L.L.P. and Kenneth A. Zirm, urging granting of the writ for amicus curiae Ohio Newspaper Association.

Coolidge, Wall, Womsley & Lombard Co., L.P.A., Robert P. Bartlett Jr. and Janice M. Paulus, urging granting of the writ for amicus curiae Dayton Newspapers, Inc.

Chappars Law Office and Timothy S. Chappars, urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae estate of Brittanie N. Cecil, deceased.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P., Terrance M. Miller and David S. Bloomfield Jr., urging denial of the writ for amici curiae National Hockey League and all member clubs, Columbus Blue Jackets, COLHOC Limited Partnership, d.b.a. Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation, JMAC Hockey, Inc., JMAC, Inc., SMG, Nationwide Arena, L.L.C., and Nationwide Realty Investors, Ltd.


Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} On March 16, 2002, 13-year-old Brittanie Nicole Cecil was struck in her head by a hockey puck while she attended a Columbus Blue Jackets hockey game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. She died two days later.

{¶ 2} On March 27, 2002, Brittanie's mother, Jody L. Sergent, applied for authority to administer Brittanie's estate in the Preble County Court of Common Pleas...

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