Legal Opinion
Bickers v. Western & Southern Life Insurance
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided December 20, 2007No. 2006-0617PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCupp, J.
{¶ 1} In this discretionary appeal, we examine the boundaries of our decision in Coolidge v. Riverdale Local School Dist., 100 Ohio St.3d 141, 2003-Ohio-5357, 797 N.E.2d 61, and determine whether the tort of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy applies to a nonretaliatory discharge of an injured worker receiving workers’ compensation benefits.
{¶ 2} We hold that Coolidge is limited to considerations of “good and just cause” for termination under R.C. 3319.16 and does not create a claim of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy for an employee who is discharged while…
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