SUTTON v. TOMCO MACHINING, INC.

No. 2010-0670.

129 Ohio St.3d 153 (2011)

2011-Ohio-2723

SUTTON, Appellee, v. TOMCO MACHINING, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Silverstein & Associates, Jeffrey M. Silverstein , and Jason P. Matthews , for appellee.

J. Hollingsworth & Associates, L.L.C., and Jonathan Hollingsworth , for appellant.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Barton Bixenstine , and Josephine S. Noble , urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Management Lawyers Association.

The Gittes Law Group, Frederick M. Gittes , and Jeffrey P. Vardaro , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Employment Lawyers Association.

Giorgianni Law, L.L.C., and Paul Giorgianni , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.


O'CONNOR, C.J.

{¶ 1} The issue presented in this appeal is whether Ohio should recognize a common-law tort claim for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy when an injured employee suffers retaliatory employment action after injury on the job but before the employee files a workers' compensation claim or institutes, pursues, or testifies in any workers' compensation proceeding.1 We answer in the...

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