LINK v. FirstENERGY CORP.

No. 2015-0132.

147 Ohio St.3d 285 (2016)

2016-Ohio-5083

LINK ET AL., APPELLEES, v. FirstENERGY CORPORATION; CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COMPANY ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 26, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeMarco & Triscaro, Ltd., and Joseph J. Triscaro , for appellees.

Calfee, Halter & Griswold, L.L.P., Thomas I. Michals , John J. Eklund , William E. Coughlin , and Eric S. Zell , for appellants.

Frost Brown Todd, L.L.C., Frank J. Reed Jr. , and Alexander L. Ewing , urging affirmance for amici curiae the County Commissioners Association of Ohio and the Ohio Township Association.

Melissa R. Lipchak , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.

Edward L. Bettendorf , urging reversal for amicus curiae the Ohio Bell Telephone Company.

O'NEILL, J., dissents with an opinion joined by PFEIFER, J.


{¶ 1} In this appeal, we address whether defendants-appellants, the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company ("CEI") and FirstEnergy Service Company ("FirstEnergy"), may be held liable for injuries sustained by plaintiff-appellee Douglas V. Link resulting from a motorcycle accident involving a CEI utility pole. For the...

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