Bryant v. Dayton Casket Co.

In interpreting R. C. 4123.90, or any enactment of the General Assembly which is reasonably free of ambiguity, this court must apply the common and generally accepted meaning to the wording of the statute.

As stated in Provident Bank v. Wood (1973), 36 Ohio St. 2d 101, at 105-106:

“There is no lack of general rules to guide the court in its effort to ascertain the meaning of the statutes before it. The principles of statutory construction are given exhaustive treatment in 50 Ohio Jurisprudence 2d, 129 to 310, Sections 160 to 327. It is a cardinal rule that a court must first look to the…