Fox v Bowling Green

State: Ohio

Docket No: 1994-2544

Case Date: 09/04/1996

Plaintiff: Fox

Defendant: Bowling Green

Preview:Fox, Appellee, v. City of Bowling Green et al., Appellants. [Cite as Fox v Bowling Green (1996), Ohio St.3d .]
Employment relations -- Whistleblower protection -- It is sufficient that an employee had a reasonable belief that a co-worker violated a statute, city ordinance, work rule, or company policy to gain protection of R.C. 4113.52(A)(3).
To gain the protection of R.C. 4113.52(A)(3), an employee need not show that a co-worker had actually violated a statute, city ordinance, work rule, or company policy; it is sufficient that the employee had a reasonable belief that a violation occurred. (No. 94-2544--Submitted January 24, 1996-- Decided September 4,
1996.) Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Wood County, No. 94WD009. Prior to June 1992, appellee William A. Fox was a lieutenant in the
appellant city of Bowling Green

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