Haynes v. Zoological Society

The issues certified to this court are “whether R.C. 4113.52 is the exclusive remedy for whistleblowers and whether R.C. 4113.52 preempts the formation of a Greeley v. Miami Valley Maintenance [Contrs., Inc.] (1990), 49 Ohio St.3d 228, 551 N.E.2d 981, public-policy exception to the employment-at-will doctrine within the specific context of whistleblowing.”

We are unable to reach the certified questions in this case for the simple reason that those questions were improperly certified. We say this because Haynes is a member of a union and not an employee at will. Thus, she cannot bring a Greeley…