Fyffe v. Jeno's, Inc.

In this case we are confronted with a rather frequently recurring legal question of what may constitute an “intentional tort” alleged to have been committed by an employer against his employee. We had hoped to resolve this query by this court’s trilogy of opinions of Van Fossen, supra; Kunkler v. Goodyear *117Tire & Rubber Co. (1988), 36 Ohio St. 3d 135, 522 N.E. 2d 477; and Pariseau v. Wedge Products, Inc. (1988), 36 Ohio St. 3d 124, 522 N.E. 2d 511, and their progeny. However, some trial courts and attorneys in this state are still in a quandary as to what facts, as pleaded, and as otherwise…