Ricker v. John Deere Ins. Co.

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[Cite as Ricker v. John Deere Ins. Co., 88 Ohio St.3d 1229, 2000-Ohio-321.] RICKER, APPELLANT, v. JOHN DEERE INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as Ricker v. John Deere Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 1229.] Appeal dismissed as improvidently allowed. (No. 98-2439 Submitted January 11, 2000 Decided March 29, 2000.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 97APE11-1505. __________________ Law Offices of Russell A. Kelm, Russell A. Kelm and Joanne Weber Detrick, for appellant. Arter & Hadden, L.L.P., David C. Patterson, Gary S. Batke and Robert R. Dunn, for appellees. Spater, Gittes, Schulte & Kolman, Frederick M. Gittes and Kathaleen B. Schulte; and Louis A. Jacobs, urging reversal for amici curiae, American Association of Retired People, Ohio Now Education and Legal Fund, Ohio Civil Rights Coalition, Ohio Fair Housing Congress, Metropolitan Strategy Group of Cleveland, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Columbus Chapter, Committee Against Sexual Harassment, and Ohio Employment Lawyers Association. Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., Charles M. Murray and Patrick G. Warner, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Edward B. Foley, State Solicitor, pro hac vice, Matthew D. Miko and Duffy Jamieson, Assistant Attorneys General, for amicus curiae, Ohio Civil Rights Commission. Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Bradd N. Siegel and Kevin E. Griffith; and Thomas L. Froehle, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Manufacturers Association. Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Steven T. Catlett, Matthew W. Lampe, Jeffrey S. Sutton and Marla D. Clark, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Chamber of Commerce. __________________ The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently allowed. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. 2

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