Wendt v. Dickerson (Slip Opinion)

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as Wendt v. Dickerson, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-5822.]

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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-5822 WENDT ET AL., APPELLEES, v. DICKERSON ET AL., APPELLANTS. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as Wendt v. Dickerson, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-5822.] Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Corban v. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., and Walker v. Shondrick-Nau. (No. 2014-2051—Submitted August 31, 2016—Decided September 15, 2016.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Tuscarawas County, No. 2014 AP 01 0003, 2014-Ohio-4615. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Corban v. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-5796, ___ N.E.3d ___, and Walker v. Shondrick-Nau, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio- 5793, ___ N.E.3d ___. O’CONNOR, C.J., and O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, KENNEDY, and FRENCH, JJ., concur. PFEIFER and O’NEILL, JJ., dissent.

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_________________ Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths, & Dougherty Co., L.P.A., David E. Butz, and Matthew W. Onest, for appellees. Fitzpatrick, Zimmerman & Rose Co., L.P.A., Paul Hervey, and Jilliann A. Daisher, for appellants. _________________