State ex rel. McGraw v. Ensign

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• concluding that 19 respondeat superior could not apply where employee was not liable on the merits
• holding that the First Amendment was not available as a defense in action against minister who had sexual relations with plaintiff's wife while counseling the couple regarding their marital difficulties
• holding that R.C. 2305.29’s elimination of common-law amatory actions was constitutional because there was “ ‘no property or vested right in any of the rules of the common law, as guides of conduct’ ”
• holding that R.C. 2305.29’s elimination of common-law amatory actions was constitutional because there was “ ‘no property or vested right in any of the rules of the common law, as guides of conduct’ ”
• declining to recognize tortuous action based on consensual conduct between pastor and parishioner where conduct was not independently actionable in tort
• dismissing a plaintiff’s IIED claim against a man whose conduct led to his divorce and emotional suffering because “the torts of (continued . . .

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