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In re Guardianship of Matyaszek12/29/2004
of the new issues is time-barred under Civ.R. 60(B)(3). Appellee further argues that appellant's motion is not timely under Civ.R. 60(B)(5). Last, appellee argues that appellant's Civ.R. 60(B)(5) motion is meritless.
{ } This Court will first consider whether appellant has raised new issues which we are precluded from hearing. We will then consider whether appellant has timely moved to vacate the judgment. Last, we will consider whether the Probate Court abused its discretion in denying appellant's Civ.R. 60(B)(5) motion.
II. New Issues Raised On Appeal
{ } Appellee argues that appellant has improperly raised two new issues on appeal which we are precluded from considering. The first issue is the identity of the party who allegedly failed to produce Dr. McLaughlin's letter to the Magistrate. In the motion to vacate, appellant pursued relief under Civ.R. 60(B)(5) on the grounds that appellee's attorneys perpetrated a fraud on the court by withholding Dr. McLauglin's letter. Now before this Court, appellant is arguing that appellee,not its attorneys, withheld the letter. Appellee claims these new allegations change the analysis from Civ.R. 60(B)(5) to Civ.R. 60(B)(3), and as such are time barred.
{ } The second alleged new issue is whether appellant's father attended the settlement hearing or not. In the proceedings below, appellant claimed that his father did not attend the hearing, thereby prejudicing his rights because no one represented his interests. Now appellant is arguing that his father was present, but engaged in wrongdoing. Appellee claims that appellant cannot "change horses in midstream" during his appeal on these issues.
{ } We will consider each issue in turn.
A. Who Failed to Disclose Dr. McLaughlin's Letter to Magistrate Wertz
{ } It is true that " ssues not raised and tried in the trial court cannot be raised for the first time on appeal." Holman v. Grandview Hosp. & Med. Ctr. (1987), 37 Ohio App.3d 151, 157. Furthermore, a new theory may not be presented for the first time on appeal. As the Ohio Supreme Court has stated:
"Issues not raised in the lower court and not there tried and which are completely inconsistent with and contrary to the theory upon which appellant proceeded below cannot be raised for the first time on review." Republic Steel Corp. v. Bd. Of Revision of Cuyahoga Cty. (1963), 175 Ohio St. 179 at syllabus.
{ } In this case, this Court finds that appellant has not improperly raised new issues or presented a new theory regarding who failed to provide the Magistrate with Dr. McLaughlin's letter. Appellant has consistently alleged that failure to present the Magistrate with the letter prejudiced the proceedings against him, regardless of whether the attorneys or appellee failed to produce it. The result is the same -- the Magistrate was not provided with the medical evidence he needed to protect appellant's interests.
{ } Furthermore, Appellant's motion to vacate alleges that either appellee or its attorneys had Dr. McLaughlin's letter. A review of the transcript of proceedings before Magistrate Poulos on the motion to vacate also reveals that the parties argued these allegedly new issues below.
{ } All the cases appellee cites in support of its argument raise entirely new causes of action or theories. State v. ex rel. Gutierrez v. Trumbull Ct. Bd. Of Elections (1992), 65 Ohio St.3d 175 (constitutional issues first raised in appeal); BancOhio Nat'l Bank v. Abbey Lane Ltd. (1984), 13 Ohio App.3d 446 (waiver first raised on appeal); Fusselman v. Westfield Ins. Co., 9th Dist. No. 21432, 2003-Ohio-5467 (prejudice issue in insurance case fi
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