BICKERS v. W. & S. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 2006-0617.

116 Ohio St.3d 351 (2007)

2007-Ohio-6751

BICKERS, Appellee, v. WESTERN & SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kearns Co., L.P.A., and Michael A. Kearns; William D. Snyder & Associates and Gregory J. Claycomb; and Gittes & Schulte and Frederick M. Gittes, for appellee.

Frost Brown Todd L.L.C., George E. Yund, Joanne W. Glass, and Kasey Bond, for appellant.

Frantz Ward L.L.P., Michael J. Frantz, Keith A. Ashmus, and Kelly S. Lawrence, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Management Lawyers Association.

Thompson & Bishop and Christy B. Bishop; and Gittes & Schulte and Frederick M. Gittes, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Employment Lawyers Association.


CUPP, J.

{¶ 1} In this discretionary appeal, we examine the boundaries of our decision in Coolidge v. Riverdale Local School Dist., 100 Ohio St.3d 141, 2003-Ohio-5357, 797 N.E.2d 61, and determine whether the tort of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy applies to a nonretaliatory discharge of an injured worker receiving workers...

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