MTD Products, Inc. v. Robatin

I respectfully dissent from the decision reached by the majority. The majority overrules our decision in Littlefield v. Pillsbury Co. (1983), 6 Ohio St.3d 389, 6 OBR 439, 453 N.E.2d 570, in the language of the opinion, but not in the syllabus. Such a drastic change in the law of workers’ compensation should be made, if at all, in the syllabus. See Rule 1(B) of the Supreme Court Rules for the Reporting of Opinions: “The syllabus of a Supreme Court opinion states the controlling point or points of law * * *.” In Ohio, the syllabus of a Supreme Court case states the law. See Truesdale v. Dallman…