[Cite as Dillard v. Cleveland Metro. School Dist., 131 Ohio St.3d 371, 2012-Ohio-1223.]




     DILLARD ET AL., APPELLEES, v. CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL
                            DISTRICT ET AL., APPELLANTS.
                  [Cite as Dillard v. Cleveland Metro. School Dist.,
                        131 Ohio St.3d 371, 2012-Ohio-1223.]
Discretionary appeal accepted, court of appeals’ judgment vacated, and cause
        remanded for application of DiGiorgio v. Cleveland.
    (No. 2011-1957—Submitted March 21, 2012—Decided March 27, 2012.)
       APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 97195.
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        {¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is accepted on Proposition of Law I.
        {¶ 2} The judgment of the court of appeals is vacated, and the cause is
remanded to the court of appeals for application of the Eighth District’s en banc
decision in DiGiorgio v. Cleveland, 196 Ohio App.3d 575, 2011-Ohio-5824, 964
N.E.2d 495.
        O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL,
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur.
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        Bashein & Bashein Co., L.P.A., and W. Craig Bashein; and Paul W.
Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers, for appellees, Ni-Asia Dillard and
Nur-Ur-Din Dillard.
        Wayne J. Belock, Joseph J. Jerse, and David J. Sipusic, for appellants,
Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Mr. Little.
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