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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Speers v. Tri-County Dermatology - 9/24/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendants-appellant Tri-County Dermatology, Inc. ("Tri-County") and Schield M. Wikas, D.O. appeal the July 13, 2000, and August 21, 2000 Judgment Entries of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas which...
Bare v. Warren Consolidated Industries - 9/21/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Appellant, Michelle N. Bare, is appealing from the October 2, 2000 judgment entry of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas granting the motion for summary judgment of appellee, Warren Consolidated...
Middleton-Peed v. Dayton Food Ltd. Partnership - 9/21/2001
Rendered on the 21st day of September, 2001.
Plaintiff, Bobbie Sue Middleton-Peed, appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of Defendant, Dayton Foods Limited Partnership, on Plaintiff's claims for personal injury. ...
Gruber v. Kopf Builders - 9/20/2001
JUDGMENT: Appeal Dismissed. Motion No. 24405 to Dismiss is Granted.
This appeal arises out of a wrongful death action, filed for a second time pursuant to Ohio's Savings Statute, R.C. 2305.19. Plaintiff-appellant, Maxwell Jay...
State v. Kellon - 9/20/2001
Defendant-appellant Jeffrey B. Kellon ( Kellon ; d.o.b. March 4, 1966) appeals from his jury trial conviction of four counts of corruption of a minor (counts 3, 6, 9 and 13) and one count of possession of criminal tools, to-wit, a...
Stuller v. Price - 9/20/2001
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiffs-appellants, Richard A. Stuller and Dorothy Stuller, appeal from a decision of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting the summary judgment motion of...
Kolomichuk v. Grega - 9/20/2001
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED
Peter Kolomichuk appeals from an order of the common pleas court denying his motion for a new trial following a $20,000 jury verdict he obtained in connection with his action for negligence against Francis...
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Furth - 9/19/2001
Attorneys at law - Misconduct - Permanent disbarrment - Myriad violations of Disciplinary Rules forming a distinct pattern of disregard for the courts, clients, and other professionals.
Submitted April 3, 2001
On Certified...
Albright v. University of Toledo - 9/18/2001
APPEAL from the Ohio Court of Claims.
Archie Albright (individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Matthew Albright, deceased), Sandra Albright, Jason Albright, and Barbara Albright Kempra,...
Keller v. Cutright - 9/17/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
This is an appeal from a decision of the Common Pleas Court of Fairfield County sustaining a defense motion for Summary Judgment. The sole Assignment of Error is:
I. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED AS A MATTER OF...
Barnett v. Carr - 9/17/2001
Plaintiffs-appellants, Jesse Barnett ("Jesse") and his parents, Tammy and Jesse Osborne, appeal a decision of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in favor of defendantsappellees, Rick and Martha Baker,...
Shepler v. Love - 9/14/2001
As amended September 27, 2001.
JACK D. SHEPLER PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT v. BEVERLY J. LOVE, ET AL. DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES
Attorneys: David R. Pheils, Jr. Attorney at Law Reg. #0005574 430 Louisiana Avenue Perrysburg, OH 43551...
State v. Davidson - 9/14/2001
DECISION.
Criminal Appeal From: Hamilton County Municipal Court
Judgment Appealed From Is: Affirmed
The defendant-appellant, Betty Jo Davidson, brings this appeal from the judgment entered and the sentence imposed...
Waller v. Phipps - 9/14/2001
DECISION.
Civil Appeal From: Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
Judgment Appealed From Is: Affirmed as Modified
The defendants-appellants, Errol G. Phipps and McGill Smith Punshon, Inc., appeal from a judgment of...
Reaume v. Mendoza - 9/14/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This medical malpractice appeal comes to us from a summary judgment issued by the Fulton County Court of Common Pleas in favor of an emergency room physician and the agency responsible for his...
Buoscio v. Estate of Buoscio - 9/14/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Appellant Samuel Buoscio appeals the decision of the Mahoning County Probate Court which denied his request for certain expenditures to be paid by the trustee to him as the beneficiary of a discretionary...
Pfeiffer v. Sahler - 9/13/2001
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED AND REMANDED.
This is an appeal from an order of Judge Christine McMonagle granting summary judgment in favor of third-party defendant/appellee State Farm Fire and Casualty Company ( State Farm ), on the basis...
Andrews v. Ruozzo - 9/12/2001
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. Plaintiff-appellant, Sherrin Andrews, (hereafter "Andrews")...
Boyd v. S.E. Johnson Co. - 9/10/2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Civil Appeal from Common Pleas Court
JUDGMENT: Judgment Affirmed
The plaintiff-appellant, Terry L. Boyd, administrator of the estate of Christina Marie Boyd, appeals the decision of the Paulding...
Koslen v. Chattman - 9/6/2001
Laura and Jack Koslen appeal from a common pleas court judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in connection with their legal malpractice action against Laurie Starr and the law firm of Chattman, Gaines & Stern L.P.A. arising...
S/O ex rel Jurczenko v. Cleveland Municipal Court - 9/6/2001
On August 20, 2001, the relator Alexander Jurczenko commenced this writ action to prohibit the respondents, the Cleveland Municipal Court and Judge Raymond Pianka, from exercising any jurisdiction over the underlying case,...
Vaught v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation - 9/6/2001
The issue in this appeal is whether a defendant-physician who, at the eleventh hour chooses to act as his own expert in a medical malpractice action and having been previously deposed by the plaintiff as a fact witness, is required...
Kerchenfaut v. Kerchenfaut - 9/5/2001
This appeal is brought by Defendant-Appellant Edith Kerchenfaut and Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant Stephan Kerchenfaut from a judgment of the Allen County Court of Common Pleas distributing the marital property of the parties. For the...
State ex rel Goldberg v. Mahoning County Probate Court - 9/5/2001
Probate court - Concealed or embezzled assets - R.C. 2109.50 to 2109.56 do not confer subject-matter jurisdiction on probate courts to issue prejudgment attachment orders relating to personal property - Prohibition - Writ sought to...
Miller v. Miller & Miller Accountants - 9/5/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part, reversed in part and jury verdict reinstated.
On June 12, 1997, appellant, Raymond Miller, filed a complaint against appellee, Miller & Miller Accountants, Inc., alleging negligence, breach of...
Snow v. Brown - 9/4/2001
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
APPEAL from the Franklin County Probate Court.
Larry E. Brown, pro se, brings this appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Probate Court. However, before we reach the merits of the instant case, a...
State v. Diaz - 8/31/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal of a criminal sentence issued by the Fulton County Court of Common Pleas. Because we conclude that the trial court improperly ordered restitution and imposed the cost of attorney...
Luckenbill v. Hamilton Mutual Insurance Co. - 8/31/2001
OPINION Rendered on the 31st day of August, 2001.
In this case, Daniel Luckenbill, Sr., appeals individually, and as administrator of the estate of Hilda Luckenbill, from a decision granting summary judgment to Hamilton Mutual...
Swift v. Allied Pest Control - 8/31/2001
OPINION Rendered on the 31st day of August, 2001.
In April of 1995, Plaintiff-Appellants Frank and Fran Swift contacted Defendant-Appellees Allied Pest Control to treat their home for termites pursuant to their contract. Allied...
Clark v. University Hospitals of Cleveland - 8/30/2001
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.
Appellants, Cheryl and Richard Clark, appeal from the judgment of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas which granted summary judgment in favor of appellees, University Hospitals of Cleveland ( UHC ) and...
Shumar v. Kopinsky - 8/30/2001
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
Plaintiff-appellant Susan Shumar appeals from the amount of the award granted to her for her personal injury claims in the court below. Specifically, Shumar argues that the trial court erred in giving the...
Rushdan v. Baringer - 8/30/2001
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
Defendant-appellant, Ohio Insurance Guaranty Association ( OIGA ), appeals the decision of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court that found plaintiff-appellee, Regina Rushdan ( Rushdan ) entitled to recover...
Trimner v. Pradist Satayathum - 8/24/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Huron County Court of Common Pleas which denied a Civ.R. 60(B) motion filed by appellant, David Trimner. For the reasons stated herein, this court affirms the...
State v. Wedell - 8/23/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed and Restitution Order Vacated
Defendant Randy Wedell appeals from his conviction for theft. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm defendant's conviction but vacate the order of restitution entered in...
Harmon v. Allen - 8/23/2001
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.
This is an appeal from a jury verdict, following a medical malpractice trial before Judge Thomas O. Matia, finding in favor of appellees Mark Allen, M.D. and Center for Comprehensive Pain Care, Inc., ( CCPC )...
State ex rel Toma v. Corrigan - 8/22/2001
Prohibition - Writ sought to prohibit judge of common pleas court, probate division, from proceeding in a probate case - Court of appeals' denial of writ affirmed, when.
Submitted July 17, 2001
In March 1999, the ancillary...
Bozeman v. Wendy's International - 8/21/2001
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
On December 20, 1999, Nathan Bozeman filed a document entitled "Pro Se Civil Action Complaint for Negligence" in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Mr. Bozeman...
Ciesielczyk v. Ogg - 8/20/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Bernard K. Ogg appeals from the October 27, 2000, Judgment Entry of the Canton Municipal Court.
STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND CASE
On May 8, 1999, at approximately 11: 00 p.m.,...
Kelhoffer v. Barber - 8/17/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This accelerated case comes before the court on appeal from the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas. Finding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting appellee's motion to dismiss,...
Smith v. Ruben - 8/16/2001
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Defendants, Roger S. Ruben, D.O. and T.C. Hobbs & Associates, Inc. ("T.C. Hobbs"), appeal the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting plaintiff...
Stafford v. Soha - 8/16/2001
JUDGMENT: REVERSED AND REMANDED.
Plaintiff-appellant Lamont Stafford ( Stafford ) appeals from the July 13, 2000 denial of his motion for summary judgment and the granting of summary judgment in favor of...
Robinson v. Icarus Industrial Constructing - 8/15/2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Civil Appeal from Common Pleas Court.
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed.
This appeal arises from a decision by the Common Pleas Court of Defiance County to enter summary judgment against...
State ex rel Clark v. Industrial Commission of Ohio - 8/15/2001
Workers' compensation - R.C. 4123.56(A) does not require a setoff of temporary total disability benefits where hostage leave has been paid pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement.
Submitted February 27, 2001 ...
Sanchez v. Davoudi - 8/15/2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Civil Appeal from Common Pleas Court. JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed.
Defendants-Appellants, Dr. Ali M. Davoudi and Davoudi Chiropractic Office, Inc. ("Appellants"), appeal from the judgment entry of the...
Cantwell v. Frantz - 8/8/2001
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded
Appellant Kester E. Cantwell appeals the decision of the Court of Common Pleas, Stark County, which granted summary judgment in favor of Appellee Joseph E. Frantz. The relevant facts leading to...
Kollmorgan v. Raghavan - 8/7/2001
OPINION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
JUDGMENT: Overruled.
On May 5, 2000, this Court entered an Opinion whereby the decision of the trial court in this matter was reversed and remanded. Essentially, we held that summary judgment was...
Trexler v. R.M.D.M. Enterprises - 8/7/2001
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiff-appellant, Robert Trexler, Jr., appeals the trial court's decision granting the motion for summary judgment of defendants-appellees, R.M.D.M. Enterprises and The...
Hanshaw v. Tsou - 8/6/2001
DECISION & JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal of the trial court's granting of plaintiffs' motion to quash subpoenas and the denial of defendant's motion for in camera inspection, motion to enforce subpoenas and motion to...
Mecurio v. General Accident Insurance Co. - 8/6/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part; Reversed and remanded in part
Plaintiff-Appellee suffered damages as a result of the wrongful death of her mother caused by an automobile accident on January 22, 1998. The tortfeasor's insurer paid...
Saffold v. Hillside Rehabilitation - 8/6/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This timely appeal comes for consideration upon the record in the trial court and the parties' briefs. Appellant, Houston G. Saffold (hereinafter "Saffold"), appeals the trial court's dismissal of his...
Sturt v. Grange Mutual Casualty Co. - 8/3/2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Civil Appeal from Common Pleas Court.
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed.
Bryant, J.
Defendant-appellant Grange Mutual Casualty Co. ("Grange") brings this appeal from the judgment of the Court of...
In re Estate of McMullen - 8/2/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
Harsha, J.
The Ohio State University Hospital appeals from a judgment denying its motion to intervene in the Lawrence County Probate Court proceedings to distribute assets from the estate of...
Stickovich v. City of Cleveland - 8/2/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This appeal involves an insurance coverage dispute. Two employees of an independent contractor working on a public works bridge project were injured when the contractor directed its unlicensed crane operator...
Baker v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction - 8/1/2001
This is an appeal from the Pickaway County Court of Common Pleas, which granted Defendants-Appellees' Civ.R. 12(B)(6) motion to dismiss the complaint of Plaintiff-Appellant Dale Baker for failure to state a claim upon which relief...
Edwards v. Haase - 8/1/2001
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:
Appellants, Amanda, Angela and Ronald Edwards, appeal the...
State v. Karnes - 3/29/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from an Athens County Common Pleas Court judgment of conviction and sentence. The jury found George Karnes, defendant below and appellant herein, guilty of four counts of criminal...
Jackman v. Nicholson - 3/29/2001
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
On May 14, 1998, plaintiff, Carol J. Jackman, filed a complaint in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas against defendant, Sarah Nicholson. The complaint resulted from...
Baysinger v. Home Developers - 3/29/2001
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF DECISION: March 29, 2001
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
This case came to be heard upon the accelerated calendar pursuant to App.R. 11.1 and Loc.R. 11.1, the record from the lower court, the briefs and the...
Dickman v. Elida Community Fire Co. - 3/29/2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Civil Appeal from Common Pleas Court.
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed.
Plaintiff-appellant, Kathy Dickman, as Executrix of the Estate of John Dickman, appeals from the summary judgment rendered in...
East Ohio Gas Co. Kenmore Construction Co. - 3/28/2001
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:
Defendant Kenmore Construction Company ("Kenmore") and...
Oberlin v. Akron General Medical Center - 3/28/2001
Medical malpractice - Evidence - Witnesses - Evidence that an expert witness is a defendant in a pending malpractice action alleging a medical error similar to the one at issue is probative and is admissible to prove bias, prejudice,...
Carnahan v. Buckley - 3/28/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Plaintiff-appellant, Lisa Carnahan, appeals from a judgment of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, granting summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, Dr. John J. Buckley, Jr., in a suit for medical...
Sharon Regional Physician Services v. Giannini - 3/28/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Defendant-appellant Matthew Giannini appeals the decision of the Mahoning County Court No. 2 which granted judgment for plaintiff- appellee Sharon Regional Physician Services. For the following reasons, the...
Stevens v. Ackman - 3/28/2001
Torts - Wrongful death - Appellate procedure - Final order - Trial court order entered in a civil action for damages seeking recovery for a wrongful death is not an order entered in a special proceeding for purposes of R.C. 2505.02 -...
Lippert v. Peace - 3/27/2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Civil Appeal from Common Pleas Court.
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed.
Plaintiffs-Appellants, Natalie L. Lippert and Bryan D. Lippert (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Appellants"), bring...
McAdow v. Abbott - 3/27/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Adams County Court of Common Pleas granting appellee's motion for judgment on the pleadings under Civ.R. 12(C) in a personal injury case.
On March 16,...
Jim Brown Chevrolet - 3/23/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an appeal from the Lake County Court of Common Pleas. Appellants, Jim Brown Chevrolet, Inc., d.b.a. Classic Chevrolet, Classic Oldsmobile, Inc., d.b.a. Classic Oldsmobile, and Jim Brown, Inc., d.b.a....
Erie Insurance Co. v. Shea - 3/21/2001
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).
In a single assignment of error,...
Mankins v. Paxton - 3/20/2001
(ACCELERATRED CALENDAR)
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
On January 11, 1999, Valerie Mankins filed suit against the director of the former Washington County Department of Human Services, Washington...
Gee v. Aldridge - 3/19/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
Cynthia Simmering Gee appeals the Scioto County Court of Common Pleas' decision granting summary judgment in favor of Michael and David Aldridge and Giovanni's Pizza. Gee contends that the trial court...
In re Estate of Cochran - 3/19/2001
Plaintiff-appellant, Charles Cochran, appeals a decision of the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, dividing a wrongful death settlement between the parties. The decision of the trial court is affirmed.
On...
Davis v. Tell Realty - 3/16/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an appeal from a September 1999 summary judgment granted by the Portage County Court of Common Pleas. The record is laced with earlier proceedings reviewed by this court, being Case No. 98-P-0126....
Spinetti v. Spinetti - 3/14/2001
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 Leslie Spinetti has appealed from a judgment of the...
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Lucas - 3/13/2001
This is an appeal from the Hillsboro Municipal Court, which found in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farm") on its claims against Defendant-Appellant Frank B. Lucas. State Farm brought...
Dinofrio v. Paquelet - 3/12/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On November 29, 1996, appellant, Henry DiNofrio, was injured in an automobile accident. Appellant was taken to Massillon Community Hospital where appellee, Charles Paquelet, M.D., operated on appellant's...
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