  A selection of recent heavy-flavor results from OPAL using the LEP1 data
sample are presented. The average polarization of b baryons in hadronic Z^0
decay has been measured to be -0.56^{+0.20}_{-0.13} (stat.) +- 0.09(syst.)
using semileptonic decays of Lambda_b baryons. A search has been conducted for
the radially excited D*' and has produced a 95% CL upper limit on its
production of f(Z^0 -> D*'+-(2629))xBr(D*'+- -> D*+- pi+ pi-) < 2.1x10^{-3}.
Finally, the measurement of the product branching ratio $f(b ->
Lambda_b)xBr(Lambda_b -> Lambda X)= (2.67 +- 0.38 (stat)
^{+0.67}_{-0.60}(syst.))% has been made. This measurement, along with an
earlier measurement of the product branching ratio f(b -> Lambda_b)xBr(Lambda_b
-> Lambda l X), has been used to compute an updated R_{Lambda l} = Br(Lambda_b
-> Lambda l X)/Br(Lambda_b -> \Lambda X)= (8.0 +- 1.2 (stat.) +- 0.9 (syst.))%,
consistent with the expected low semileptonic branching fraction of the
Lambda_b inferred from its short lifetime compared to the other b hadrons.
