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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Maltz v. Royal Insurance Co. of America - 6/30/2003
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This matter is before the court on the judgments of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas which granted appellees, Royal Insurance Company of America ("Royal") and The Cincinnati Insurance Company...
Brady-Fray v. Toledo Edison Co. - 6/30/2003
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. This appeal comes to us from a summary judgment issued by the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, in a wrongful death action. Because we conclude that material
. issues of fact remain in...
Layne v. Progressive Preferred Insurance Co. - 6/30/2003
JUDGMENT: 2002CA00327 - Affirmed 2002CA00335 - Reversed and Remanded
In Stark County Appeals Case No. 002CA000335, defendant-appellant Progressive Preferred Insurance Company [hereinafter Progressive] appeals from the...
Scibelli v. Pannunzio - 6/27/2003
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. Defendant-appellant Dominic Pannunzio, D.D.S. appeals the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court's decision granting plaintiff-appellee Bryan Scibelli's motion for a new trial. This court is asked to...
Scassa v. Dye - 6/27/2003
. This appeal stems from a judgment of the Carroll County Court of Common Pleas sustaining a motion for summary judgment in a negligence lawsuit. Nicholas Scassa ("Appellant") filed a negligence complaint based on injuries he...
In re Estate of Weiner - 6/27/2003
Rendered on the 27th day of June, 2003.
. Dan D. Weiner (Dan), attorney-at-law, is an heir of the estate of his deceased mother, Joey Weiner, and is appealing pro se from the decision of the Probate Court of Montgomery County,...
Weiner v. Kwiat - 6/27/2003
Rendered on the 27th day of June, 2003.
. In this case, Dan D. Weiner, executor of the estate of Sol Weiner, appeals from a jury verdict in favor of Glenn Kwiat, MD. The claims against Dr. Kwiat arose from the death of Sol...
Mullett v. Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co. - 6/26/2003
JUDGMENT : AFFIRMED.
{ } Plaintiff Jimmy Mullet (this case was incorrectly filed under the name "Mullett") brought suit against his employer, the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company ("the railway"), alleging that one of...
Clones v. Kohli - 6/26/2003
. This matter comes for consideration upon the record in the trial court and the parties' briefs. Appellant Alice Clones appeals the decision of the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas granting Appellees', Dr. Chander Kholi et...
Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Anders - 6/25/2003
Insurance - Duty of insurer to defend - Insurance policies insuring against liability for property damage arising from accidents do not provide coverage to homeowners who are sued for their negligent failure to disclose to purchasers...
Snow v. Brown - 6/24/2003
DECISION
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
. Plaintiff-appellant, Larry E. Brown, has appealed the November 4, 2002 judgment entry of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Therein, the court denied appellant's Civ.R. 60(B)(5) motion...
Kentucky Medical Insurance Company v. Jones - 6/24/2003
. Plaintiff, Kentucky Medical Insurance Company ("KMIC"), and third-party defendant, Ohio Insurance Guaranty Association ("OIGA"), appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas denying their separate motions...
Bell v. Currier - 6/23/2003
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part
Plaintiffs-appellants Nicole Bell and James and Elizabeth Bell appeal from the May 23, 2002, Judgment Entry of the Guernsey County Court of Common Pleas.
STATEMENT OF THE...
Sheets v. Karl W. Schmidt & Associates - 6/20/2003
Judgment Appealed From Is: Affirmed
. Plaintiff-appellant, Christopher Sheets, appeals the summary judgment granted by the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in a personal-injury action against defendants-appellants, Karl...
Hamrick v. Daimler-Chrysler Motors - 6/18/2003
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, Edward P. and Nicole G. Hamrick, appeal from the...
Falkner v. Para-Chem - 6/18/2003
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-Appellant Para-Chem has appealed from a judgment...
Smith v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. - 6/18/2003
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:
Plaintiffs-Appellants Robert and Betty Smith ("Robert and...
Estate of Hood v. Rose - 6/18/2003
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. B. Viola Hood ("Hood") appeals the decision of the Jackson County Court of Common Pleas, which granted State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company's ("State Farm") motion for summary judgment....
Rucker v. Davis - 6/17/2003
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. Jerry M. Rucker and the estate of his wife, Ruth Ann Rucker, ("The Ruckers") appeal the trial court's grant of partial summary judgment to Progressive Insurance Company ("Progressive"). They argue...
State ex rel Allied Chemical Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio - 6/17/2003
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
IN MANDAMUS ON OBJECTIONS TO THE MAGISTRATE'S DECISION
. Relator, Allied Chemical Corporation, has filed this original action requesting that this court issue a writ of mandamus ordering...
Caldwell v. Petersburg Stone Company - 6/17/2003
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part. Reversed and Remanded in part.
. This is a timely appeal from an order entered by the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees Senex...
In re Estate of Colegrove - 6/13/2003
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On June 6, 1999, Christopher Colegrove died from injuries received in a motor vehicle accident. Mother of Christopher is Donna Colegrove; adjudicated father is appellant, Larry Brown.
On June 11,...
In re Dawson - 6/12/2003
VICTIMS OF CRIME DIVISION
OPINION OF A THREE-COMMISSIONER PANEL
. On October 24, 2000, the single commissioner denied the applicant an award of reparations pursuant to former R.C. 2743.52(A) based upon evidence that the...
McNeeley v. Pacific Employers Insurance Co. - 6/10/2003
. Defendant-appellant, Pacific Employers Insurance Company ("Pacific"), appeals from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas' grant of summary judgment to the extent that the trial court held that plaintiff-appellee, George...
State ex rel Hoover Co. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio - 6/10/2003
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
IN MANDAMUS ON OBJECTION TO THE DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE
. Relator has filed this original action in mandamus requesting this court to issue a writ of mandamus ordering respondent...
King v. Michel - 6/6/2003
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This matter is before the court on appeal from the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas wherein appellant, Jennifer King, was awarded damages as a result of injury she sustained in an auto accident. The...
Bowlander v. Ballard - 6/6/2003
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from a summary judgment issued by the Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas in a personal injury suit. Because we conclude that appellants failed to establish any triable issues as to...
Braxton v. Peerless Premier Appliance Co. - 6/5/2003
I.
. In this appeal, we must determine whether the discovery rule applies so as to toll the two-year statute of limitations where, as here, a plaintiff suffered an immediate injury from the explosion of his brand-new stove....
Mayor v. Ford Motors Co. - 6/5/2003
. In this wrongful death action, appellant Beverly M. Mayor, individually and as administratrix of the Estate of Anthony N. Mayor, sued more than 30 defendants seeking recovery for the death of her husband ("decedent") due to a...
Stewart v. West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church - 6/5/2003
.Plaintiff-appellant, Albert Stewart, Special Administrator of the Estate of Debora Yardley, Deceased ("appellant" or "Stewart") appeals from the August 27, 2001 decision of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting...
Lumpkin v. Lumpkin - 6/4/2003
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-Appellant Juanita Lumpkin has appealed from a...
Grant v. Becton Dickinson & Co. - 6/3/2003
. Plaintiffs-appellees commenced this product liability action seeking to certify a plaintiff class of Ohio health care workers who had suffered accidental "secondary needle sticks," or puncture injuries with a needle contaminated...
Shoemake v. Hay - 6/2/2003
Plaintiff-appellant, Denise Shoemake, appeals a judgment of the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas in favor of defendantappellee, Donald L. Hay, M.D. ("Dr. Hay"), after a jury trial in a medical malpractice case. Specifically,...
Dalton v. Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co. - 6/2/2003
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part; reversed and remanded in part.
On July 5, 1999, Angela Hayes was killed in an automobile accident in Pennsylvania. At the time of the accident, Ms. Hayes' mother, appellee Emma Dalton, was employed...
Comer v. Bench - 5/30/2003
Rendered on the 30th day of May, 2003.
. Defendants, Michigan Physicians Mutual Liability Insurance Company and Bipin Modi, M.D., appeal from a declaratory judgment rendered by the general division of the court of common...
Kohntopp v. Hamilton Mutual Insurance Co. - 5/30/2003
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This appeal comes to us from a summary judgment issued by the Wood County Court of Common Pleas on uninsured/underinsured motorist ("UM/UIM") claims pursuant to Scott-Pontzer v. Liberty-Mutual Fire...
Register v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company - 3/28/2003
Judgment Appealed From Is: Affirmed
Note: We have sua sponte removed this case from the accelerated calendar.
. Plaintiffs-appellants Adolphus M. Register and Sandra L. Register filed a complaint seeking to recover...
Smith v. Air-Ride - 3/27/2003
. This is an appeal by plaintiffs-appellants, Robert J. Smith and Patrick Smith, from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, BAX Global ("BAX"), Air-Ride,...
American Home Products Corp. v. Tracy - 3/27/2003
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
. Appellant American Home Products Corporation, n.k.a. Wyeth ("AHP"), appeals from a decision of the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals ("BTA"), which sustained a determination by appellee Roger W....
Kendig v. Martin - 3/27/2003
. Plaintiff-appellant, James L. Kendig, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas denying plaintiff's post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, in the alternative, for new trial....
State v. Duckery - 3/27/2003
(ACCELERATED CALENDAR)
.Defendant-appellant, Dewood W. Duckery, appeals from the February 4, 2002 judgment entry of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas finding him guilty of nonsupport of dependents, sentencing him to 11...
State v. Thompson - 3/25/2003
OPINION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
JUDGMENT: Application denied.
. Defendant-Appellant Todd Thompson filed an application for delayed reopening of his appeal. Because he failed to establish good cause for his untimely filing, this...
Pannozzo v. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield - 3/25/2003
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. Plaintiff-appellant Anthony Pannozzo, M.D., appeals from the judgment of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, which granted the motion to dismiss filed by defendants-appellees Anthem Blue Cross and...
In re Estate of Hunter - 3/24/2003
. This appeal is from an order entered by the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, on May 3, 2000, which resulted in a finding of contempt of court by Richard D. Goldberg from failing to comply with previous...
In re Mercurio - 3/24/2003
. This appeal is from an order entered by the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, on May 3, 2000, which resulted in a finding that attorney Richard D. Goldberg was in criminal contempt for failure to comply with...
Hanna v. Hanna - 3/21/2003
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. This is an appeal from the judgment entry of divorce of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, wherein the trial court held that appellee, David Hanna, was entitled to...
Talley v. Coe Manufacturing Company - 3/21/2003
Judgment: Affirmed.
. This accelerated calendar case submitted on the briefs of the parties concerns an administrative appeal from the Lake County Court of Common Pleas. Appellant, the Ohio Department of Job and Family...
Ohio Bar Liability Insurance Co. v. Hunt - 3/21/2003
Rendered on the 21st day of March, 2003.
. Plaintiff-appellants Dru Pollard, individually and as Tammi Stamm's parent, and Robert Stamm ("the Pollards") appeal from a summary judgment rendered against them and in favor of...
Demski v. Sidwell - 3/21/2003
Judgment: Affirmed.
. Appellant, Jessica Sidwell, appeals the April 17, 2002 judgment entry, in which the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas ordered a new trial due to the unreasonableness of the jury's damage award.
...
Burden v. Hall - 3/20/2003
. Plaintiffs-appellants, Maurice and Florence Fuerst, appeal from the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment for defendant-appellee, United Ohio Insurance Company. For the following reasons,...
State ex rel Borden - 3/20/2003
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
IN MANDAMUS ON OBJECTION TO MAGISTRATE'S DECISION
. Relator, Borden, Inc., commenced this original action requesting a writ of mandamus that orders respondent Industrial Commission of Ohio...
In re Skrobut - 3/19/2003
JUDGMENT: Reversed
. Appellant, Key Trust Company of Ohio, N.A. ("Key Trust"), appeals a decision of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, Probate Division. Appellant alleges error in appellee Mahoning County Probate Court's...
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Treneff - 3/19/2003
Submitted January 8, 2003
. Respondent, Randall C. Treneff of Columbus, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0042588, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio on November 6, 1989. In an amended complaint filed August 19, 2002,...
Schmidt v. W.L. Logan Trucking Co. - 3/15/2003
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On November 19, 1999, appellee, Michael Schmidt, was injured in a motorcycle accident caused by the negligence of another.
At the time of the accident, appellee was employed with appellant, W.L....
Stone v. North Star Steel Company - 3/14/2003
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part; Reversed in part and Remanded.
. Plaintiff-appellant Scott Stone appeals from the judgment of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court dismissing his complaint against defendants-appellees North Star...
Voelzke v. Fowler - 3/14/2003
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. This is an appeal from the judgment of the Williams County Court of Common Pleas which granted appellees, Michael Fowler and Christine Cole, summary judgment against appellant, Christopher Voelzke,...
Kahn v. Moront - 3/14/2003
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. Rochelle Kahn, Executrix of the estate of Paul L. Kahn, ("Kahn") appeals the denial of her motion in limine to preclude any reference to defense counsel's being a licensed physician during trial on...
Herman v. Metrohealth Medical Center - 3/13/2003
Date of Announcement of Decision: MARCH 13, 2003
Judgment: Affirmed
. Plaintiff-appellant Richard T. Herman, Administrator of the Estate of Sarah Ruiz, deceased ("plaintiff") appeals from the trial court's denial of his...
Richard v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company - 3/13/2003
. Daniel Richard, individually and in his capacity as executor of the estate of Donna Richard, deceased; Jack Richard, individually, and in his capacity as parent and next friend of Jeff and Kyle Richard, minors; Michael Richard,...
In re Estate of Lanning - 3/13/2003
. This appeal is from an order entered by the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, on May 3, 2000, which resulted in a finding of contempt of court by Richard D. Goldberg from failing to comply with previous...
In re Estate of Williams - 3/13/2003
. This appeal is from an order entered by the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, on May 3, 2000, which resulted in a finding of contempt of court by Richard D. Goldberg from failing to comply with previous...
Holiday Properties Acquisition Corp. v. Lowrie - 3/12/2003
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, Scott Lowrie ("Lowrie") and U.S. Coaters (together...
Stewart v. Ohio State University Medical Center - 3/11/2003
.On August 16, 2001, Lenora E. Stewart, Lenora Stewart and Kenneth Stewart filed a complaint in the Court of Claims of Ohio. The complaint named The Ohio State University Medical Center as the defendant.
.Counsel for The Ohio...
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. v. Cholak - 3/10/2003
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. This matter comes for consideration upon the record in the trial court, the parties' briefs, and the oral argument before this court. Plaintiffs-Appellants, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. and Dr....
Rudish v. Jennikngs - 3/10/2003
Appellant The Cincinnati Insurance Company (CIC) appeals the November 21, 2001, summary judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Stark County, Ohio, entered in favor of Appellee American Family Insurance (AFI) declaring that CIC's...
Bertsch v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. - 3/6/2003
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company ("Nationwide") appeals the decision of the Richland County Court of Common Pleas that found its policy was primary up to the policy limits of $100,000. The...
Costoff v. Akron General Medical Center - 3/5/2003
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, Linda Sue Costoff, administratrix of the estate of...
Newcomer v. Nationwide Insurance Enterprises - 3/4/2003
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
. In 1998, Jennifer Siesel was fatally injured when her vehicle was struck by an uninsured motorist. Also involved in the accident were her husband, Daniel Siesel, and her son, both of whom...
Griffith v. Wausau Business Insurance Co. - 3/4/2003
.Defendant-appellant, Wausau Business Insurance Company ("Wausau"), appeals from a final judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas awarding plaintiffs-appellees, Kathleen Griffith and James Griffith, (1) $636,046.13 on...
Watson v. Grant Medical Center - 3/3/2003
I. INTRODUCTION
{ } This matter comes before the court upon motion by plaintiff, Karin M. Watson ("plaintiff"), for prejudgment interest, filed March 6, 2002. Defendants, Kenneth V. Cahill, M.D., and Ophthalmic Surgeons and...
Oberschlake v. Veterinary Associates Animal Hospital - 2/28/2003
Rendered on the 28th day of February, 2003.
. This is the story of "Poopi," a dog who tried to sue for emotional distress and failed. According to the complaint filed by her owners, Poopi was taken to Veterinary Associates...
Brunsman v. Western Hills Country Club - 2/28/2003
OPINION.
{ } Plaintiff-appellant Richard T. Brunsman Jr. appeals from the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants-appellees, Western Hills Country Club and Erlene Ellis, its office manager, on his...
McDermott v. Tweel - 2/27/2003
.Plaintiff-appellant, Ruth A. McDermott, as the executor of the estate of her late husband, Joseph R. McDermott ("decedent"), appeals from awards of summary judgment granted by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in favor of...
Yoe v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation - 2/27/2003
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. Plaintiffs-appellants, Evelyn and Richard Yoe ("appellants") appeal from the judgment of the trial court which, after a jury trial, found in favor of defendant-appellee The Cleveland Clinic Foundation...
Modzelewski v. Yellow Freight Systems - 2/26/2003
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, United Parcel Service, appeals the decision of the...
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