Klopfenstein v. Nk Parts Industries, Inc.

Rogers, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, David Klopfenstein, appeals the judgment of the Shelby County Court of Common Pleas, dismissing his common-law wrongful-discharge claim. On appeal, Klopfenstein argues that the trial court erred in applying the notice provisions and statute of limitations contained in R.C. 4123.90. Finding that the Ohio Supreme Court’s decision in Coolidge v. Riverdale Local School Dist., 100 Ohio St.3d 141, 2003-Ohio-5357, 797 N.E.2d 61, creates an independent public-policy exception to the employment-at-will doctrine and that the trial court erred in…