HOUDEK v. THYSSENKRUPP MATERIALS

No. 2011-1076.

134 Ohio St.3d 491 (2012)

2012-Ohio-5685

HOUDEK, Appellee, v. THYSSENKRUPP MATERIALS N.A., INC., Appellant, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friedman, Domiano & Smith Co., L.P.A., Stephen S. Vanek , David R. Grant , and Jeffrey H. Friedman ; and Smith & Condeni, L.L.P., Joseph A. Condeni , and Stacey Walley , for appellee.

Reminger Co., L.P.A., Gregory G. Guice , Clifford C. Masch , and Brian D. Sullivan , for appellant.

Tucker Ellis, L.L.P., and Benjamin C. Sassé , urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.

Stewart Jaffy & Associates Co., L.P.A., Stewart R. Jaffy , and Marc J. Jaffy , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio AFL-CIO.

Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer Co., L.P.A., Theodore A. Bowman , and Jonathan M. Ashton , urging affirmance for amici curiae Ohio Conference of Teamsters and Teamsters Local 20.

Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.


O'DONNELL, J.

{¶ 1} ThyssenKrupp Materials N.A., Inc., appeals from a judgment of the Eighth District Court of Appeals that reversed a grant of summary judgment in its favor on claims that one of its supervisors had directed Bruce R. Houdek to work in an aisle of a warehouse where he sustained injuries when a co-worker operating a sideloader struck him. We are asked to consider the impact of a recently enacted statute on our prior case...

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