Gatlin v. Stark Cty. Bd. of Mental Retardation & Dev. Disabilities

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GATLIN, APPELLEE, v. STARK COUNTY BOARD OF MENTAL RETARDATION & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, APPELLANT. [Cite as Gatlin v. Stark Cty. Bd. of Mental Retardation & Dev. Disabilities (1995), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] Employment relations Race and handicap discrimination R.C. 4112.99 is a remedial statute and is subject to R.C. 2305.07's six-year limitation period. (No. 93-2498 Submitted September 27, 1995 Decided October 18, 1995.) CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Stark County, No. CA-9274. ___________________ Vincent Gatlin, pro se. Robert D. Horowitz, Stark County Prosecuting Attorney, David A. Thorley, Assistant Chief, Civil Division, and Kristen Bates Aylward, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant. ___________________ The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed for the reasons stated in Cosgrove v. Williamsburg of Cincinnati Mgt. Co., Inc. (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 281, 638 N.E.2d 991. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER and COOK, JJ., concur. WRIGHT, J., dissents. 2

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