Beyer v. Rieter Automotive N. Am., Inc.

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as Beyer v. Rieter Automotive N. Am., Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5627.] NOTICE This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in an advance sheet of the Ohio Official Reports. Readers are requested to promptly notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of Ohio, 65 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, of any typographical or other formal errors in the opinion, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is published. SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-5627 BEYER ET AL. v. RIETER AUTOMOTIVE NORTH AMERICAN, INC. , ET AL. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as Beyer v. Rieter Automotive N. Am., Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5627.] (No. 2012-1283 Submitted December 4, 2012 Decided December 5, 2012. APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lucas County, No. L-11-1110, 2012-Ohio-2807. __________________ {ΒΆ 1} The discretionary appeal and cross-appeal are accepted. The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Hewitt v. L.E. Meyers, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2012-Ohio-5317, ___ N.E.2d ___, and judgment is entered in favor of Rieter Automotive. O CONNOR, C.J., and LUNDBERG STRATTON, O DONNELL, LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. PFEIFER, J., dissents and would affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. __________________ SUPREME COURT OF OHIO Spitler & Williams-Young Co., L.P.A., Marc G. Williams-Young, and Elaine B. Szuch, for appellees. Weston Hurd L.L.P., Shawn W. Maestle, and Jeffrey L. Tasse, for appellants. ______________________ 2

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