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Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor,<br />
O’Donnell and Lanzinger, JJ.,<br />
concur.<br />
<strong>State</strong> ex rel. Dann v. Taft<br />
Case no. 2005-1222<br />
Web cite <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>Ohio</strong>-1825<br />
Rules the governor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ohio</strong> has a<br />
limited executive privilege allowing<br />
some communications between him<br />
and his policy advisors to be withheld<br />
from public disclosure when the<br />
communications are made for the<br />
purpose <strong>of</strong> fostering informed and<br />
sound policymaking.<br />
In Mandamus.<br />
Moyer, C.J., Lundberg Stratton,<br />
O’Connor, O’Donnell and<br />
Lanzinger, JJ., concur.<br />
Resnick and Pfeifer, JJ., dissent.<br />
Fowee v. Wesley Hall Inc.<br />
Case no. 2005-0272<br />
Web cite <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>Ohio</strong>-1712<br />
When an employer files a court<br />
action appealing the award <strong>of</strong><br />
workers’ compensation benefits<br />
to one <strong>of</strong> its employees, and the<br />
employee voluntarily dismisses her<br />
petition for continuing benefits, the<br />
employee must refile the petition<br />
within one year or forfeit the right<br />
to dispute the appeal, as dictated in<br />
<strong>Ohio</strong>’s saving statute.<br />
Hamilton App. No. C-040188,<br />
2004-<strong>Ohio</strong>-7002. Judgment<br />
reversed.<br />
Moyer, C.J., Pfeifer, Lundberg<br />
Stratton, O’Connor, and<br />
Lanzinger, JJ., concur.<br />
Resnick and O’Donnell, JJ.,<br />
concur in judgment only.<br />
<strong>State</strong> ex rel. Fisher v. Cleveland<br />
Case no. 2004-1726<br />
Web cite <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>Ohio</strong>-1827<br />
Rules the practice <strong>of</strong> requiring municipal<br />
employees to disclose personal income<br />
tax returns as part <strong>of</strong> an informal<br />
request to verify the employee’s primary<br />
residence constitutes an invasion <strong>of</strong><br />
privacy and abuse <strong>of</strong> the city’s corporate<br />
powers; those employees previously<br />
required to disclose personal tax returns<br />
under the aforementioned practice may<br />
seek injunctive relief through a taxpayer<br />
action lawsuit.<br />
Cuyahoga App. No. 83945, 2004-<br />
<strong>Ohio</strong>-4345. Judgment affirmed.<br />
Moyer, C.J., Resnick, Pfeifer,<br />
Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor,<br />
O’Donnell and Lanzinger, JJ.,<br />
concur.<br />
May<br />
Hedges v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.<br />
Case nos. 2005-0193 and 2005-0415<br />
Web cite <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>Ohio</strong>-1926<br />
Holds that the H.B. 261 version <strong>of</strong> R.C.<br />
3937.18(A), in force from September<br />
1997 to September 2000, permitted<br />
<strong>Ohio</strong> auto insurance policies issued<br />
during that period to limit uninsured/<br />
underinsured motorist coverage to<br />
collisions in which an uninsured driver<br />
caused the bodily injury, sickness, disease<br />
or death <strong>of</strong> an insured person.<br />
Franklin App. No. 04AP-423, 2004-<br />
<strong>Ohio</strong>-6723. Judgment reversed.<br />
Moyer, C.J., Lundberg Stratton,<br />
O’Connor, O’Donnell and<br />
Lanzinger, JJ., concur.<br />
Resnick and Pfeifer, JJ., dissent.<br />
<strong>Ohio</strong> Consumers’ Counsel<br />
v. Pub. Util. Comm.<br />
Case nos. 2004-1993, 2005-0118 and<br />
2005-0766<br />
Web cite <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>Ohio</strong>-2110<br />
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