HOPKINS v. DYER

No. 2003-2167.

104 Ohio St.3d 461 (2004)

2004-Ohio-6769

HOPKINS, N.K.A. PETERSON, APPELLEE, v. DYER; LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. O'Meara, New Philadelphia, for appellee.

Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, L.L.P., Shawn W. Maestle and Ronald A. Rispo, Cleveland, for appellant.

Davis & Young and Richard M. Garner, West Cleveland, urging reversal for amicus curiae Cincinnati Insurance Co.

Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Jay Clinton Rice and Richard C.O. Rezie, Cleveland, urging reversal for amici curiae Federal Insurance Co. and Continental Casualty Co.

Charles Claypool, Dayton, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Hubert Shropshire.


LUNDBERG STRATTON, J.

{¶ 1} The single proposition of law before us states that an "intervening decision" by the Ohio Supreme Court "applies as an exception to the law of the case theory of practice and inferior courts are mandated to follow the Supreme Court's decision." This is, however, a longstanding statement of law. We have previously held that "[a]bsent extraordinary circumstances, such as an intervening decision by the Supreme Court, an inferior...

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