Burlingame v. Estate of Burlingame
983 N.E.2d 1252
Ohio
2012
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*1 [Cite as Burlingame v. Estate of Burlingame, 134 Ohio St.3d 490, 2012-Ohio-5698.]

B URLINGAME , A PPELLEE , v . E STATE OF B URLINGAME ET AL ., A PPELLEES ;

C OOMBS ET AL ., A PPELLANTS . [Cite as Burlingame v. Estate of Burlingame, 134 Ohio St.3d 490,

2012-Ohio-5698.] Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Anderson v. Massillon. (No. 2011-0742—Submitted December 4, 2012—Decided December 6, 2012.

A PPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Stark County, No. 2010-CA-00124, 2011-Ohio-1325. __________________

{¶ 1} Sua sponte, the judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Anderson v. Massillon , 134 Ohio St.3d 380, 2012-Ohio-5711, 983 N.E.2d 266, and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals for further proceedings consistent with this court’s opinion in Anderson v. Massillon .

O’C ONNOR , C.J., and L UNDBERG S TRATTON , O’D ONNELL , L ANZINGER , C UPP , and M C G EE B ROWN , JJ., concur.

P FEIFER , J., dissents and would affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

__________________ Elizabeth Burick, for appellee Grace Burlingame.

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, L.L.P., and Orville R. Reed III; and Thomas J. Lombardi, for appellee Eva Finley, Administrator of the Estate of Dale Burlingame.

Kevin R. L’Hommedieu, Canton Chief Counsel, and Kristen Bates Aylward, Assistant Law Director, for appellants city of Canton and James R. Coombs.

S UPREME C OURT OF O HIO Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., L.P.A., Stephen L. Byron, Rebecca K.

Schaltenbrand, and Stephen J. Smith; and Ohio Municipal League and John Gotherman, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Municipal League.

Landskroner, Grieco & Merriman, L.L.C., and Drew Legando, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.

Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., and John T. Murray, urging affirmance for amici curiae John Huffman and Olivia Duty.

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