Opinion

Beary v. Larry Murphy Dump Truck Serv., Inc.

  • 2012 Ohio 5626
Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Filed
Dec 5, 2012
Status
Published
Cited by
3 cases
Authority
More cited than 50.1%

The opinion

[Cite as Beary v. Larry Murphy Dump Truck Serv., Inc., 134 Ohio St.3d 359, 2012-Ohio-5626.]

BEARY, APPELLANT, v. LARRY MURPHY DUMP TRUCK SERVICE, INC., ET AL.,

APPELLEES, ET AL.

[Cite as Beary v. Larry Murphy Dump Truck Serv., Inc., 134 Ohio St.3d 359,

2012-Ohio-5626.]

Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Hewitt v. L.E. Myers

Co.—Cause remanded.

(No. 2011-1899—Submitted December 4, 2012—Decided December 5, 2012.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Stark County,

No. 2011-CA-00048, 2011-Ohio-4977.

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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of

Hewitt v. L.E. Myers Co., 134 Ohio St.3d 199, 2012-Ohio-5317, 981 N.E.2d 795,

and the cause is remanded to the trial court to apply this court’s decision in Hewitt

to determine whether the back-up alarm is “an equipment safety guard.”

O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL,

LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur.

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Young & Sucher, P.L.L., and Daniel M. Sucher, for appellant Joseph

Beary.

Hanna, Campbell, & Powell, L.L.P., Kenneth A. Calderone, and John R.

Chlysta, for appellee Larry Murphy Dump Truck Service, Inc.

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