Delost v. FirstEnergy Corp.

Sep 1, 2009
2008-1329
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*1 [Cite as Delost v. FirstEnergy Corp., 123 Ohio St.3d 113, 2009-Ohio-4305.]

D ELOST ET AL ., A PPELLANTS , v . F IRST E NERGY C ORPORATION ET AL .; O HIO

E DISON C OMPANY , A PPELLEE . [Cite as Delost v. FirstEnergy Corp., 123 Ohio St.3d 113, 2009-Ohio-4305.] Certified question answered by Corrigan v. Illum. Co., and judgment of the court

of appeals affirmed. (No. 2008-1329 — Submitted July 14, 2009 — Decided September 1, 2009.) C ERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Mahoning County, No. 07 MA 194,

2008-Ohio-3086. __________________ {¶ 1} The certified question is answered by our opinion in Corrigan v. Illum. Co. , 122 Ohio St.3d 265, 2009-Ohio-2524, 910 N.E.2d 1009, and the judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed.

M OYER , C.J., and L UNDBERG S TRATTON , O’C ONNOR , and L ANZINGER , JJ., concur.

P FEIFER , O’D ONNELL , and C UPP , JJ., dissent.

__________________ Raymond M. Delost and Jennifer Boyle Beck, for appellants. Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, Ltd., and John T. Dellick, for appellee. Reminger Co., L.P.A., Patrick Kasson, and Melvin Davis, urging affirmance for amici curiae Asplundh Tree Expert Co. and Nelson Tree Service, Inc.

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