
    City of Lima et al., Appellants, v. DePalma, Appellee.
    [Cite as Lima v. DePalma, 104 Ohio St.3d 1201, 2004-Ohio-6401.]
    (No. 2003-2063
    Submitted October 13, 2004
    Decided Dec. 8, 2004.)
    Anthony L. Geiger, Lima City Law Director, for appellants.
    Blaugrund, Herbert & Martin, Inc., and David S. Kessler, for appellee.
    Barry M. Byron, Stephen L. Byron, and John Gotherman, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Municipal League.
    Livorno & Arnett Co., L.P.A., and Henry A. Arnett, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters.
    Gittes & Schulte and Fred Gittes; Fortney & Klingshirn and Neil E. Klingshirn, 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, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor and O’Donnell, JJ., concur.  