Mason v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

James Mason, plaintiff-appellant (“Mason”), filed an action in common pleas court against his former employer, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, defendant-appellee (“USF&G”). Originally the complaint alleged two causes of action against USF&G but one was dismissed, and only an action for intentional and/or negligent infliction of emotional distress has been preserved on appeal. Also before us is the trial court’s review of Mason’s charge of handicap discrimination, which had been dismissed by the Ohio Civil Rights Commission (“commission”), because it determined no probable cause…