Ohio Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Ohio or Court of Appeals of Ohio where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Carpenter v. Kindig - 3/5/2002
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Civil Appeal from Common Pleas Court
JUDGMENT: Judgment Affirmed.
The appellants/plaintiffs, Jacqueline Carpenter and Bruce Carpenter, appeal the judgment of the Allen County Court of Common...
Boye v. Consolidated Stores Corp. - 3/5/2002
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiff-appellant, Adama Boye, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting the summary judgment motion of defendant-appellee, Hy-Tek...
Mendell v. Wilson - 3/4/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Plaintiff Rickey M. Medell, Jr., appeals a summary judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Stark County, Ohio, entered in favor of appellee Bradley C. Nave and dismissing appellant's complaint for personal...
Tasch v. Chancey - 3/1/2002
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas which, following a jury trial, granted appellees, William and Linda Tasch, a new trial. This matter arose out of an...
State v. Morton - 2/28/2002
APPEALS from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Donald Morton, defendant-appellant, appeals from the judgments of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in three separate cases that are consolidated for the purpose...
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Goldberg - 2/27/2002
Attorneys at law - Misconduct - Permanent disbarrment - Conviction of mail fraud, bank fraud, and attempted tax evasion - Failure to make restitution to all victims of attorney's crimes - Disbarrment from Bar of Pennsylvania. ...
Pusey v. Bator - 2/27/2002
As amended February 28, 2002.
PUSEY, EXR., APPELLANT, v. BATOR ET AL.; GREIF BROTHERS CORPORATION, APPELLEE.
SYLLABUS BY THE COURT
When an employer hires an independent contractor to provide armed security guards to...
Charter One Bank F.S.B. v. Hamburger - 2/22/2002
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas that granted summary judgment in favor of appellees Charter One Bank F.S.B. and Tom Brown Custom Homes, Inc., et al. For the...
Lownsbury v. VanBuren - 2/20/2002
Physician and patient - Physician-patient relationship can be established between a physician who contracts to provide resident supervision at a teaching hospital and a hospital patient with whom the physician had no direct or indirect...
Simonds v. Kearney - 2/20/2002
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made:
Appellants Stewart and Dulcie Simonds appeal from the decision...
Fultz v. Ring - 2/20/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant Sean Ring appeals the decision of the Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas, which granted a judgment of $50,000 in favor of Appellee Anthony Fultz and denied a request for set-off. The relevant...
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Saumer - 2/20/2002
Attorneys at law - Misconduct - Indefinite suspension - Engaging in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice - Engaging in conduct adversely reflecting on fitness to practice law - Neglect of an entrusted legal matter -...
Lenk v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. - 2/19/2002
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas
On May 13, 1999, Sheri Lenk filed a complaint in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. ("Nationwide") and Omar Alomari. Ms. Lenk...
Bundschu v. Naffah - 2/13/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. This timely appeal arises from a judgment entry of the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment to appellees, Mike, Eli, and Odette Haffah, in a personal injury action. David...
Mohlmaster v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. - 2/13/2002
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made:
Appellant, Ronald Case Mohlmaster, appeals from the judgment...
Varonis v. Miller - 2/11/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant Evangeline M. Varonis appeals the decision of the Court of Common Pleas, Stark County, which granted an award of $7,903.55 to appellant following a jury trial on her personal injury action against...
Mann v. Genoa Township - 2/11/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part; Reversed and Remanded in part.
Plaintiff-appellant Kimberly Ann Mann appeals the February 22, 2001 Judgment Entry of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas which granted summary judgment against...
Brodbeck v. Continental Casualty Co. - 2/8/2002
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas which granted the summary judgment motion of defendant-appellee Westchester Fire Insurance Company ("Westchester") on...
Reidling v. Meacham - 2/8/2002
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas that granted a motion for summary judgment filed by appellee, Sentry Insurance Company ("Sentry"), in this dispute...
Wallace v. Balint - 2/6/2002
Motor vehicles - Insurance - Uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage - Applicability of antistacking provision in multiple policy family - Intrafamily stacking of insurance policies does not occur, when.
Submitted September 18,...
Toledo Bar Association v. Kramer - 2/6/2002
Attorneys at law - Misconduct - Indefinite suspension - Pattern of chronic neglect.
Submitted October 16, 2001
On May 25, 2001, relator, Toledo Bar Association, filed a first amended and consolidated complaint merging two...
Hahn v. State - 2/4/2002
(Accelerated Calendar)
JUDGMENT ENTRY
This cause is an accelerated appeal from the Butler County Court of Common Pleas in which the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, State Farm Mutual...
Murray v. Doney - 2/1/2002
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an accelerated appeal from a judgment of the Toledo Municipal Court, Small Claims Division, finding in favor of defendant-appellee, Kristen E. Doney. Plaintiff-appellant, Mary Murray, asserts...
Bostic v. City of Cleveland - 1/31/2002
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
This is an appeal from an order of Judge Ronald Suster that granted summary judgment to the appellees, City of Cleveland and its employees Christian Flores and Chad Thompson (collectively, City ), and...
Cleveland Bar Association v. Johnson - 1/30/2002
Attorneys at law - Misconduct - Indefinite suspension - Neglect of an entrusted legal matter - Prejudicing or damaging client during course of professional relationship - Engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or...
Fairfield Machine Co. - 12/28/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part and Remanded.
This timely appeal comes for consideration upon the record in the trial court, the parties' briefs, and their oral arguments before this court. This case arises as a...
In re Guardianship of Layshock - 12/28/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in Part; Reversed and Remanded in Part.
This is a timely appeal from a judgment of the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, terminating the guardianship of Terry Layshock ("Appellant...
Nelson v. Board of Park Commissioners of Conneaut Township Park District - 12/28/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an accelerated calendar appeal submitted on the record and the briefs of the parties. Earlene Nelson, individually and as administratrix of the estate of Joshua Nelson, a deceased minor,...
Monaco v. Red Fox Gun Club - 12/28/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part; reversed and remanded in part.
Appellant, Feno Monaco, appeals the decisions of the Portage County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment to appellees, Browning Arms Company ("Browning") and...
Bradley v. University Hospitals of Cleveland - 12/27/2001
Plaintiff-appellant, individually and as administratrix of the Estate of Brian Bradley, appeals from the judgment of the Cuyahoga Court of Common Pleas denying her motion for a new trial and/or for judgment notwithstanding the...
Auto Owners Insurance Co. v. Allen - 12/27/2001
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Defendant-appellant, Pamela K. Allen, administratrix of the Estate of James C. Jewell, deceased, appeals from a judgment of the...
Eby v. Progressive Insurance Company - 12/24/2001
Plaintiff-appellant, Tawny Eby, appeals the decision of the Preble County Court of Common Pleas granting the partial motion for summary judgment of defendant-appellee, Progressive Insurance Company ("Progressive"). For the reasons...
Wendel v. Hightower v. Hightower - 12/24/2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Civil Appeal from Common Pleas Court
JUDGMENT: Judgment Affirmed.
Plaintiff-appellant, Sarah Wendel (Wendel), appeals the judgment of the Van Wert County Court of Common Pleas denying her motion...
Nieminen v. Leek - 12/21/2001
Appellant, Wayne Nieminen, appeals from a $50,000 judgment of the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, in his favor and against appellee, Claudia Leek.
On October 7, 1996, appellant was in his automobile, stopped at a...
Cole v. Pine Ridge Apartments Company II - 12/21/2001
This is an appeal from the Lake County Court of Common Pleas. Appellants, Mary Jane Cole, Steve Kopaitich ("Steve"), and Lillian Kopaitich ("Lillian"), appeal the judgment entry of the Lake County Court of Common Pleas granting...
Wyczalek v. Rowe Construction Services Co. - 12/21/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
The appeal and cross-appeals filed in this case challenge judgments entered by the Erie County Court of Common Pleas on motions for summary judgment, on jury verdicts and on a motion for prejudgment...
Grabits v. Jack - 12/20/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Defendants-appellants Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (Nationwide) and Colonial Insurance Company of Wisconsin (Colonial) appeal the decision of the Jefferson County Common Pleas Court granting summary...
Transcontinental Insurance Co. v. Wilford - 12/20/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Appellant Transcontinental Insurance Company (Transcontinental) appeals from the trial court's grant of summary judgment against Transcontinental and in favor of appellee Bryn Wilford. Transcontinental...
Mitchell v. Columbiana County Mental Health Center - 12/20/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Plaintiff-appellant Laurie Mitchell filed this appeal after a jury sitting in the Columbiana County Common Pleas Court found in favor of defendants-appellees Dr. Pamela Drake, Dr. Rachel Kaufman and Dr....
Stark County Bar Association v. Watkins - 12/19/2001
93 Ohio St.3d ___
Attorneys at law - Misconduct - Indefinite suspension - Engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation - Handling a legal matter not competent to handle - Handling a legal matter...
Birkenheuer v. Black & Decker - 12/19/2001
JUDGMENT ENTRY.
This appeal, considered on the accelerated calendar under App.R. 11.1(E) and Loc.R. 12, is not controlling authority except as provided in S.Ct.R.Rep.Op. 2(G)(1).
Plaintiffs-appellants Melissa and Kirk...
Gadberry v. Rozen - 12/19/2001
JUDGMENT ENTRY.
This appeal, considered on the accelerated calendar under App.R. 11.1(E) and Loc.R. 12, is not controlling authority except as provided in S.Ct.R.Rep.Op. 2(G)(1).
Appellant John Gadberry fractured and...
Cuyahoga County Bar Association v. Rockman - 12/19/2001
93 Ohio St.3d ___
Attorneys at law - Misconduct - Permanent disbarrment - Engaging in illegal conduct involving moral turpitude - Engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation -Engaging in conduct...
Cincinnati Bar Association v. Selnick - 12/19/2001
93 Ohio St.3d ___.
Attorneys at law - Misconduct - Permanent disbarrment - Neglect of an entrusted legal matter - Failing to seek lawful objectives of client - Failing to carry out contract of employment - Prejudicing or damaging...
Villarroel v. Brennan - 12/18/2001
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiff-appellant, Ana A. Villarroel, administrator of the estate of her deceased mother, Ana Marie Villarroel, appeals the judgment...
Miely v. Ohio Insurance Guaranty Association - 12/18/2001
(ACCELERATED CALENDAR)
DECISION
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
On July 3, 1996, a complaint for medical malpractice was filed by Alan B. Ashworth against plaintiff-appellant, William R. Miely,...
Davis v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. - 12/18/2001
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiff-appellant, Katherine A. Davis, appeals from the November 27, 2000 judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas denying her motion for partial summary...
Shannon v. Schiller - 12/18/2001
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiffs-appellants, Michael T. Shannon, Administrator of the Estate of Eric Tong, Juming Tong, and decedent's mother, appeal from...
Moton v. Ford Motor Credit Co. - 12/17/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant Ronald E. Moton, Sr. appeals the decision of the Court of Common Pleas, Richland County, which denied his claims for damages following an attempted repossession of his automobile. The relevant facts...
Roberts v. Allstate Insurance Co. - 12/17/2001
Plaintiffs-appellants, John and Ursley Roberts, appeal from a declaratory judgment of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas in which the trial court found that defendant-appellee, Allstate Insurance Company ("Allstate"), is not...
Seybert v. Seybert - 12/14/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Madeline C. Seybert ("appellant") appeals the August 4, 1999 judgment entry by the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, issuing a final decree of divorce. For the following...
Mitchell v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance - 12/13/2001
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiffs-appellants, Lawrence and Loretta Mitchell and Linette Will, appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting...
Colter v. Smith - 12/13/2001
(ACCELERATED CALENDAR)
DECISION
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
In May 1998, DaShawn Jennings died as the result of a collision between the motorcycle he was driving and a car driven by...
Wheeler v. Wheeler - 12/12/2001
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made:
Appellant, John Wheeler, appeals from the judgment entered in...
Canterbury v. Skulina - 12/7/2001
JUDGMENT: Reversed and remanded.
Plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee, Michele Jean Canterbury ("Canterbury"), appeals from a judgment of the Portage County Court of Common Pleas.
On January 12, 1995, two dogs, belonging to...
Daffe v. Bailey - 12/7/2001
OPINION 7th day of December, 2001.
Kingdom Daffe appeals from a judgment of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, which granted a directed verdict in favor of Marcus D. Bailey.
Because it is relevant to the trial...
Green v. Cincinnati Insurance Co. - 12/7/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from a summary judgment issued by the Huron County Court of Common Pleas in favor of insurers in an underinsured motorist claim made pursuant to Scott-Pontzer v. Liberty Mutual Fire...
Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Anders - 12/7/2001
OPINION Rendered on the 7th day of December, 2001.
Defendant-appellants Roger and Jennifer Hastings appeal from a summary judgment rendered against them on the issue of the scope of their homeowner's and umbrella insurance...
Magdych v. Bush - 12/7/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
GRENDELL, J.
This is a consolidated appeal. Donald and Muriel Magdych (collectively referred to as "appellants") appeal the September 14, 2000 judgment on the verdict. The jury returned a verdict in...
Hunt v. Crossroads Psychiatric & Psychological Center - 12/6/2001
JUDGMENT REVERSED AND REMANDED.
The appellants, Dewitt T. Hunt and Susan Hunt, individually and as co-administrators of the Estate of Matthew Terry Hunt, deceased, appeal the jury verdict in favor of the appellees on the...
Physicians Insurance Company of Ohio v. University of Cincinnati Hospital Aring Neurological Institute - 12/6/2001
APPEAL from the Ohio Court of Claims.
Plaintiff-appellant, Physicians Insurance Company of Ohio, appeals from a judgment of the Ohio Court of Claims dismissing plaintiff's action against defendant-appellee, University of...
Hughes v. Cincinnati reds - 12/5/2001
JUDGMENT ENTRY.
This appeal, considered on the accelerated calendar under App.R. 11.1(E) and Loc.R. 12, is not controlling authority except as provided in S.Ct.R.Rep.Op. 2(G)(1).
Plaintiff-appellant Ronnisha Hughes brought...
Allen v. Caliman - 12/5/2001
JUDGMENT ENTRY.
This appeal, considered on the accelerated calendar under App.R. 11.1(E) and Loc.R. 12, is not controlling authority except as provided in S.Ct.R.Rep.Op. 2(G)(1).
Plaintiff-appellant Gregory C. Allen appeals...
Combs v. Baker - 12/3/2001
Plaintiff-appellant, Thomas C. Combs, Sr., administrator of the estate of Thomas C. Combs, Jr. ("Combs"), appeals the decision of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees,...
Dickinson v. Dickinson - 11/30/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This appeal comes to us from a judgment of divorce issued by the Wood County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, involving a division of property and awards of spousal support and...
Smith v. University of Cincinnati - 11/29/2001
APPEAL from the Ohio Court of Claims.
This is an appeal by plaintiffs-appellants, Homer C. and Laura Smith, from a judgment of the Ohio Court of Claims finding defendant, Rino Munda, M.D., immune from liability pursuant to R.C....
Sorrell v. Estate of Datko - 11/29/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This timely appeal comes for consideration upon the record in the trial court, the parties' briefs, and their oral arguments before this court. Appellant, Nathan Sorrell, administrator of the Estate of Diann...
Pearce v. Fouad - 11/29/2001
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Defendant-appellant, Kmart Corporation, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas awarding plaintiff-appellee, Melody Pearce, $3,100,306.18 on...
City of Youngston v. Joenub - 9/28/2001
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded.
This appeal arises from a decision of the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas granting the motion of the City of Youngstown ("Appellee") to disqualify Appellants' attorney due to a conflict of...
Kurth v. Nationwide Insurance Co. - 9/28/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
Plaintiffs-appellants, Ronald J. Kurth and Kathleen Kurth, appeal from a judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas denying their motion for relief from judgment filed pursuant to Civ.R....
Wilkinson v. Wilkinson - 9/27/2001
This timely appeal comes for consideration upon the record in the trial court and the parties' briefs. Plaintiff-Appellant, Daniel T. Wilkinson (hereinafter "Daniel"), appeals the trial court's division of the marital property...
Mitchell v. Schering Corp. - 9/27/2001
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.
The appellant, Marlene Mitchell, Administratrix of the estate of Carl Mitchell, her deceased husband, appeals the decision of the trial court granting appellee's motion for summary judgment based on the...
Koerber v. Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital - 9/26/2001
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made:
Appellant Steven J. Koerber has appealed from an order of the...
Kasarda v. Nelson Tree Service - 9/25/2001
Electrocution involving aerial boom - summary judgment.
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On August 6, 1997, Jason D. Wease was working for Nelson Tree Service. Mr. Wease was injured while he was standing on the ground next to the tree...
Polen v. Gilmore - 9/25/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This timely appeal arises out of a judgment entry of the Harrison County Court of Common Pleas denying the motion of Robert M. Polen ("Appellant") for a new trial. Appellant's original complaint alleged that...
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