Sidenstricker v. Miller Pavement Maintenance, Inc.

Peggy Bryant, Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, James A. Sidenstricker II, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, entered on remand, in favor of defendant-appellee, Miller Pavement Maintenance, Inc., on (1) plaintiffs claim of retaliatory discharge in violation of R.C. 4123.90, (2) plaintiffs claim of wrongful discharge in violation of the public policy embodied in R.C. 4123.90, and (3) plaintiffs motion for a new trial. Because the trial court improperly deprived plaintiff of his right to a jury, we reverse the court’s judgment and remand for a jury trial.

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