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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Volter v. C. Schmidt Co. - 5/8/1991
Per Curiam.
This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiff-appellant, Steven Volter, appeals from the summary judgment entered in favor of defendant-appellee,...
Morris v. Children's Hospital Medical Ctr. - 5/1/1991
Per Curiam.
This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiffs-appellants, Melissa, Barbara and Walter Morris, have taken the instant appeal from the entry of summary...
Tracy v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals - 3/27/1991
H. Brown, J.
In this civil action alleging medical malpractice and products liability, we consider two issues: (1) whether a jury instruction on the learned intermediary doctrine was appropriate with respect to an...
Logarusic v. King Musical Instruments - 3/18/1991
JOSEPH E. MAHONEY, Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Cathy Logarusic, appeals the judgment of the trial court denying her workers' compensation benefits for her low back injury.
Appellant's claim for benefits was denied by the...
Hunter-Martin v. Winchester Transp. - 3/15/1991
SHAW, Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Ruth Hunter-Martin, appeals the jury verdict of the Court of Common Pleas of Shelby County which found for defendants appellees, Winchester Transportation, Inc. and Anthony Powell.
The...
Sparks v. Blanchard Valley Hosp. - 3/13/1991
EVANS, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Hancock County granting the defendant-appellee's motion for summary judgment based on the statute of limitations set forth in R.C. 2305.11(B)(1)...
Altvater v. Claycraft Co. - 3/12/1991
STRAUSBAUGH, Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, Claycraft Company, and dismissing a wrongful death action and survivorship action...
Beavercreek Local School v. Basic - 3/6/1991
FAIN, Judge.
Both parties have appealed from a judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff-appellant Beavercreek Local Schools (Beavercreek) and against defendant-appellee Basic, Inc., in the amount of $250,000. The judgment was...
Jackson v. Alert Fire & Safety Equip. - 3/6/1991
Douglas, J.
The issue before this court focuses on whether the court of appeals properly concluded that summary judgment should be granted in favor of Alert and Murdock, and denied, except as to the intentional...
Dillon v. Bundy - 3/5/1991
FAULKNER, Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas denying their motion for a new trial. Plaintiffs requested a new trial on the issue of damages for the reason that the jury verdict...
Ucker v. Taylor - 3/5/1991
WILLIAM J. MARTIN, Judge.
This is a timely appeal by the plaintiff, David A. Ucker, M.D., from the August 1, 1990 judgment of the Franklin County Municipal Court granting the defendants' Civ.R. 12(3)(2), (5), and (6) motion to...
Chace v. Dorcy Internatl. - 3/4/1991
KRUPANSKY, Chief Justice.
This convoluted appeal represents four consolidated appeals from two distinct cases which were consolidated at the trial level. The judgment entry in the two consolidated cases purportedly reflects,...
Charlie's Dodge - 3/1/1991
Per Curiam.
This matter is before the court on appeal from the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas. The facts giving rise to this appeal are as follows.
On September 21, 1988, appellants, Charlie's Dodge, Inc. and Grogan...
White v. Ohio Dept. of Transp. - 12/12/1990
H. BROWN, J.
For the reasons which follow, we reverse the judgment the court below as to ODOT, affirm as to its disposition of the directed verdict, and remand for new trial.
The Ohio Manual of...
Promen v. Ward - 12/11/1990
REILLY, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiff, Shirley A. Promen, appeals from a jury verdict and judgment in favor of defendant, Richard M. Ward, M.D., rendered in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas and asserts the following...
Campbell v. Gallimore - 12/5/1990
CIRIGLIANO, Judge.
The facts of this case are primarily procedural in nature. In 1988, appellant, Clinton Campbell, filed a personal injury claim against the appellee, Paula Gallimore, in the Summit County Common Pleas Court,...
Hull v. Mayfield - 11/28/1990
THOMAS F. BRYANT, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the Common Pleas Court of Shelby County denying plaintiff-appellant's motion for summary judgment and granting defendant-appellee's motion for the same. ...
Pang v. Minch - 8/29/1990
Sweeney, J.
We will first consider the contention of appellant Minch concerning the trial court's denial of her motion in limine seeking to foreclose consideration of the testimony of Dr. Kaufman by the jury. The...
Bright v. Ford Motor Co. - 8/29/1990
WOLFF, Presiding Judge.
Appellants, Cecil W. Bright et al., are plaintiffs in a personal injury action arising out of a single-car accident involving an automobile manufactured by defendant-appellee Ford Motor Company. After...
Hershiser v. BOS Corp. - 8/22/1990
SHAW, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Kim A. Hershiser, appeals from a judgment entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County dismissing his complaint pursuant to Civ.R. 41(A)(1) as an adjudication on the merits...
Motorists Mut. Ins. Co. v. Rockwell - 8/16/1990
SHAW, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Hancock County directing verdicts in favor of both the plaintiffs and the defendants in a negligence action.
The parties to...
Tritt v. Judd's Moving & Storage - 8/9/1990
WHITESIDE, Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants ("appellants"), William R. Tritt, Jr., administrator of the estate of William Robert Tritt III, and Jason Tritt, appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Common Pleas Court rendered...
General Acc. Ins. Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America - 8/6/1990
JOHN F. CORRIGAN, Judge.
Plaintiffs, General Accident Insurance Company, McKee-Otto, Davy McKee Corp., Davy, Inc., Davy International, Inc., and Dr. C. Otto & Co., GMBH, appeal from the judgment of the trial court which...
McKoy v. Furlong - 8/6/1990
Per Curiam.
Plaintiffs-appellants, Patty A. and Marvin McKoy, appeal a jury verdict rendered in their medical malpractice claim against defendant-appellee, Thomas E. Furlong, M.D.
Patty McKoy was appellee's patient from...
State - 6/27/1990
Per Curiam.
R.C. 4121.36(B) provides in part:
"Any decision by a district hearing officer, a regional board of review, a staff hearing officer, or the commission shall be in writing and contain the following...
Roadway Express - 6/22/1990
ABOOD, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas which affirmed the decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review that appellee, Maurice Rivers, had been discharged without...
Fields v. Dailey - 6/14/1990
CASTLE, Judge.
Case No. 89AP-702 presents an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the common pleas court which granted defendants' motion for a new trial on the issue of damages alone. The new trial was granted following a...
Parenti v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. - 6/13/1990
REECE, Judge.
On January 13, 1977, plaintiff-appellant, Rolland Parenti, Jr., received an injury to his lower back while he was employed by defendant-appellee, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company ("Goodyear"). Parenti filed a...
Renfro v. Black - 6/13/1990
MOYER, C.J.
Plaintiffs-appellants, first and third propositions of law are interrelated and will be considered together.
Plaintiffs argue that the trial court should have permitted the jury to consider the...
Grote v. J.S. Mayer & Co. - 6/6/1990
Per Curiam.
Robert W. Grote appeals from the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees J.S. Mayer & Company, Inc. and James S. Mayer, and from its denial of Grote's cross-motiosfor summary...
Labadie v. Semler - 6/1/1990
Per Curiam.
This matter is before the court on appeal from the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas. The facts giving rise to this appeal are as follows.
On December 4, 1987, appellant, Regina M. Labadie, drove to the home...
Thomas v. Lude - 5/31/1990
ROBERT B. HINES, Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal from a directed verdict in favor of defendant on plaintiffs' complaint for dental malpractice. The common pleas court directed the verdict in favor of defendant following the exclusion...
Finch v. Kabana - 3/22/1990
THOMAS F. BRYANT, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Allen County granting the motion of defendant-appellee, Paul Kabana, for summary judgment.
Barbara Finch, Ronald's wife,...
Heil v. United Ohio Ins. Co. - 3/7/1990
SHAW, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal by defendant-appellant, United Ohio Insurance Company ("United"), from a decision of the Common Pleas Court of Defiance County, granting summary judgment in favor of an insured...
Sedar v. Knowlton Constr. Co. - 3/7/1990
HOLMES, J.
We are asked in this case to decide whether R.C. 2305.131 may constitutionally prevent the accrual of actions sounding in tort against architects, construction contractors and others who perform services...
Bridges v. Natl. Engineering & Contracting Co. - 2/28/1990
HOLMES, J.
This case presents two issues for our determination. First, we are asked to determine whether Kentucky law, which would bar the claim, or Ohio law applies to appellees' intentional tort claims against...
State - 2/28/1990
Per Curiam.
This cause came on to be heard before the court of appeals upon the petition for a writ of prohibition, stipulations of the parties, the briefs and oral arguments of counsel.
The relator, Arthur M. Ney, Jr....
Erie Ins. Group v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. - 12/29/1989
HANDWORK, Presiding Judge.
This case involves an appeal and cross-appeal from a judgment entry of the Wood County Court of Common Pleas. All three parties in this case are insurance companies. At issue is which company or...
White v. Soo - 12/28/1989
MILLER, Judge.
This is an appeal by defendant, Lima Memorial Hospital, from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Allen County denying defendant attorney fees.
On April 12, 1985, the plaintiff, Don 0. White, Jr.,...
Buerger v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr. - 12/26/1989
REILLY, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims of Ohio dismissing plaintiff's complaint against defendant on the basis that plaintiff failed to present expert testimony at trial to show that the medical...
Banchich v. Port Clinton Pub. School Dist. - 12/22/1989
Per Curiam.
This case is on appeal from a judgment of the Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas.
The facts of this case are as follows. On April 23, 1986, appellant, John J. Banchich, was enrolled in a carpentry class at...
Shelton v. Greater Cleveland Reg. Transit Auth. - 12/18/1989
JOHN F. CORRIGAN, Judge.
In this consolidated appeal, the defendant Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority seeks reversal of a jury trial judgment for the plaintiff on her negligence claim stemming from her rape at a...
Orlett v. Suburban Propane - 12/11/1989
Koehler, J.
This cause is before the court on appeal from a motion for summary judgment granted in favor of defendants-appellees, Suburban Propane, Suburban Propane Gas Corporation, and Texgas Corporation (hereinafter referred...
Bishop v. Mayfield - 12/11/1989
Per Curiam.
This is an appeal by plaintiff-appellant, Clinton R. Bishop, from a decision of the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas granting judgment on the pleadings to defendants-appellees, James L. Mayfield, Administrator...
Clancy v. Euclid Gen. Hosp. - 12/4/1989
NAHRA, Judge.
Plaintiffs are appealing the order of the trial court granting summary judgment in favor of defendants Euclid General Hospital, Dr. Robert L. Hinnes, and Euclid Clinic and Research Foundation, Inc. Plaintiffs...
Pepper Pike v. Felder - 12/4/1989
KRUPANSKY, P.J.
Defendant Linda Felder was issued a citation for violating Pepper Pike Ordinance 371.05(c), viz., jogging beside another jogger and causing a traffic hazard. Defendant pled not guilty to the charge and...
Welts v. Johenning - 6/26/1989
Per Curiam.
Plaintiffs James J. and Marian Wells appeal from a judgment entry which granted the motion for summary judgment of defendants Paul Johenning, M.D., and Forsythe, Stueber & Johenning, M.D., Inc. For the reasons...
Long v. Isakov - 6/26/1989
Krupansky, J.
Plaintiffs Rufus and Michele Long ("mother"), individually, and Allyssa Long ("infant"), through her mother Michele Long, filed a complaint in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, case number 85211, against...
Jenks v. West Carrollton - 6/15/1989
Grady, J.
This matter comes on appeal from a jury verdict in the court of common pleas adverse to plaintiff-appellant, Arlene Jenks, and in favor of defendant-appellee, Youth Drug Program. Appellant's two assignments of error...
Miller v. Marrocco - 6/14/1989
Per Curiam.
The decedent, Elizabeth R. Miller, filed an action against the defendant-appellee, Peter A. Marrocco, M.D. ("defendant"), for medical malpractice. Following her death, her husband, Gordon B. Miller, Jr., was...
Edens v. Barberton Area Family Practice Ctr. - 6/14/1989
ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.
R.C. 2305.11(B)(1) provides that a medical malpractice claim must be brought within one year after the cause of action accrued. However, if prior to the expiration of the one-year statute of...
Caliman v. Mize - 6/14/1989
Per Curiam.
This appeal arises from the trial court's granting of defendant-appellee Equifax Services, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment and overruling its Civ.R. 11 motion for sanctions. On August 22, 1986,...
Rice v. Dudick Corrosion-Proof - 5/31/1989
QUILLIN, J.
Appellants challenge the trial court's determination that the court reporter's fees for sixteen depositions should not be taxed as costs to the non-prevailing party pursuant to Civ. R. 54(D). We affirm.
Denise...
Howard v. Cunard Line Ltd. - 12/27/1988
DYKE, Judge.
On October 20, 1984, the plaintiffs contacted a Cuyahoga County travel agency to reserve a cabin aboard defendant Cunard Line Limited's cruise ship for a Caribbean cruise. Melvyn G. Howard, by way of affidavit,...
Doe v. Univ. of Cincinnati - 12/22/1988
Per Curiam.
Defendants appeal from a discovery ruling granted on plaintiffs' motion by the Court of Claims. The discovery order from which defendants appeal requires the disclosure of the name, address and telephone number of...
Hamm v. McCarty - 12/21/1988
CACIOPPO, Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, William Hamm, appeals from a judgment denying relief on a personal injury claim.
Late on the evening of August 22, 1986, Hamm was severely injured in an automobile collision involving...
Palmer v. Westmeyer - 12/16/1988
Per Curiam.
This cause is before the court on appeal from a judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas. The case involves claims by plaintiffs-appellants/cross-appellees David D. Palmer, Ok Sun Palmer, and Deanbern...
State - 12/14/1988
Per Curiam.
Where relator has a plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law, mandamus will not issue. State, ex rel. Berger, v. McMonagle (1983), 6 Ohio St.3d 28, 6 OBR 50, 451 N.E. 2d 225. An appeal of...
Cox v. Franklin Cty. Court of Common Pleas - 12/13/1988
REILLY, J.
Relator, Janet Cox, has filed this original action requesting a writ of prohibition ordering the respondent court to cease the exercise of juvenile court jurisdiction over her in a dependency and neglect action. The...
LaPlaca v. Brunswick Ambassador Lanes - 12/12/1988
PRYATEL, chief Justice.
Plaintiffs-appellants Betty LaPlaca and Joseph LaPlaca appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of defendant-appellee Brunswick Ambassador Lanes.
On August 19, 1986, Betty LaPlaca filed a...
Bernardo v. Anello - 12/12/1988
PRYATEL, Chief Justice.
Plaintiffs-appellants Richard R. and Victoria Bernardo appeal from summary judgments granted in favor of National City Bank ("NCB"), Joseph and Diane Anello ("the Anellos") and Nationwide Insurance...
Feudo v. Pavlik - 12/12/1988
Nahra, J.
This is an appeal from the court of common pleas' decision granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Thomas C. Pavlik and Sindell, Sindell & Rubenstein, on the basis that plaintiff's action was not...
Phung v. Waste Management - 3/25/1988
Per Curiam.
For the second time, this case comes before the court on appeal from a judgment rendered by the Court of Common Pleas of Sandusky County, Ohio, dismissing appellant's complaint for failure to state a claim upon...
Hopkins v. INA Underwriters Ins. Co. - 3/24/1988
STEPHENSON, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the Pickaway County Court of Common Pleas dismissing the Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, defendant below and appellee herein, from the action on the complaint filed...
Midwestern Indemn. Co. v. Reliance Ins. Co. - 3/17/1988
BROGAN, J.
The plaintiff-appellant, Midwestern Indemnity Co. ("Midwestern") appeals from a declaratory judgment entered by the Darke County Court of Common Pleas finding the appellant to be the primary insurer for Charles F....
Bowman v. Parma Bd. of Edn. - 3/14/1988
DAVID T. MATIA, J.
Plaintiff-appellant, Cynthia J. Bowman, Administratrix of the Estate of Phillip L. Ginebaugh, appeals the ruling of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas granting the unopposed motion for summary judgment...
Columbus v. Maxey - 3/8/1988
COOK, J.
Appellant, Gerald Maxey, was arrested on January 3, 1987, and charged with driving left of center and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested by Officer Michael Chapman of the...
Sanchez v. Clark Cty. - 3/2/1988
FAIN, J.
Plaintiff-appellant Abel Sanchez, Administrator of the Estate of Trini Sanchez, appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Clark County Court of Common Pleas in favor of defendant-appellee Clark County, Ohio ("the...
Perry v. S.S. Steel Processing Corp. - 6/29/1987
PRYATEL, P.J.
Plaintiff-appellee and cross-appellant, Kenneth Perry, Sr., brought an action in the court of common pleas alleging the wrongful death of his son, Kenneth Perry, Jr.
On December 5, 1984, plaintiff's decedent...
Wedge Products - 6/17/1987
HERBERT R. BROWN, J.
The threshold issue presented by this appeal is whether Hartford's insurance policy provides coverage for the claims asserted against Wedge by its employees. For the reasons that follow, we find that there...
Babb v. Ford Motor Co. - 6/15/1987
MARKUS, C.J.
The defendant automobile manufacturer prevailed against the plaintiffs' product liability claims for the driver's injuries in a single-car crash, and her mother's resulting emotional distress. The jury found that...
Hoffman v. Davidson - 6/10/1987
MOYER, C.J.
The first issue presented by this appeal is whether summary judgment was properly granted where the plaintiffs-appellants failed to file opposing affidavits to establish that a genuine issue of material fact...
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