Cincinnati Fluid Power, Inc. v. Rexnord, Inc.

For the reason that the majority opinion misconstrues the law applicable to three major issues presented in this appeal, I am compelled to dissent.

This action was initiated by the plaintiff Fluid Power pursuant to a theory of promissory estoppel as recognized by the Ohio Supreme Court in McCroskey v. State, 8 Ohio St.3d 29, 456 N.E.2d 1204, 1206 (1983). Fluid Power maintained that it had reasonably relied to its detriment upon a promise by Racine to establish it as a Racine distributor. Racine’s defense asserted that initially it had made no “promise” to Fluid Power but had merely expressed…