Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007

2006-0617. Bickers v. W. & S. Life Ins. Co., Slip Opinion No. 2007-Ohio-6751.
Hamilton App. No. C-040342, 2006-Ohio-572. Judgment reversed.
Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, J., dissent.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourtofohio.gov/rod/newpdf/0/2007/2007-Ohio-6751.pdf
Summary: Court Bars 'Common Law' Tort Action for Wrongful Firing of Workers' Comp Claimant

2006-0843. J.F. v. D.B., Slip Opinion No. 2007-Ohio-6750.
Summit App. No. 22709, 165 Ohio App.3d 791, 2006-Ohio-1175. Judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part, and cause remanded.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, and O'Connor, JJ., concur.
O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., dissent.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourtofohio.gov/rod/newpdf/0/2007/2007-Ohio-6750.pdf
Summary: ‘Gestational Surrogacy’ Contract Waiving Parental Rights Held Enforceable

2007-0298. Law v. Lake Metroparks, Slip Opinion No. 2007-Ohio-6749.
Lake App. No. 2006-L-072, 2006-Ohio-7010. Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., and Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Pfeifer, J., dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in Houck v. Bd. of Park Commrs. of the Huron Cty. Park Dist, 116 Ohio St.3d 148, 2007-Ohio-5586.
O'Donnell, J., not participating.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourtofohio.gov/rod/newpdf/0/2007/2007-Ohio-6749.pdf

2007-0459. Bonham v. Hamilton, Slip Opinion No. 2007-Ohio-6748.
Butler App. No. CA2006-02-030, 2007-Ohio-349. The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently accepted.
Moyer, C.J., and Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Pfeifer, J., dissents.
O'Donnell, J., not participating.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourtofohio.gov/rod/newpdf/0/2007/2007-Ohio-6748.pdf

 2007-2084. State ex rel. Mason v. Burnside, Slip Opinion No. 2007-Ohio-6754.
In Prohibition. Cause dismissed.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourtofohio.gov/rod/newpdf/0/2007/2007-Ohio-6754.pdf