Opinion
No. 2003-2063.
Submitted October 13, 2004.
Decided December 8, 2004.
Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Allen County, No. 1-03-10, 2003-Ohio-5451.
Anthony L. Geiger, Lima City Law Director, for appellants.
Blaugrund, Herbert Martin, Inc., and David S. Kessler, Dublin, for appellee.
Barry M. Byron, Stephen L. Byron, Willoughby, and John Gotherman, Cleveland, urging reversal for amicus curiae The Ohio Municipal League.
Livorno Arnett Co., L.P.A., and Henry A. Arnett, Columbus, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters.
Gittes Schulte and Fred Gittes, Columbus; Fortney Klingshirn and Neil E. Klingshirn, Akron, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Employment Lawyers' Association.
{¶ 1} The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently allowed.
{¶ 2} The court orders that the opinion of the court of appeals may not be cited as authority except by the parties inter se.
MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, FRANCIS E. SWEENEY, SR., PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O'CONNOR and O'DONNELL, JJ., concur.