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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Butler County Bar Association - 7/31/2002
Submitted April 10, 2002
. On February 5, 2001, relator, Butler County Bar Association, filed a complaint charging Kyle B. McKenzie of Hamilton, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0063477, with violating several provisions of the...
Toledo Bar Association v. Dzienny - 7/31/2002
Submitted May 7, 2002
. We must decide in this case whether an attorney who prepared inter vivos trusts for a client and named himself as a beneficiary should be suspended indefinitely from the practice of law in Ohio or receive...
Hapgood v. Conrad - 6/28/2002
. Plaintiff-appellant John Hapgood ("appellant") appeals from the judgment of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, granting summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees the Administrator of the Bureau of Workers'...
Yoh v. Schlachter - 6/28/2002
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. This appeal is from the November 28, 2001 judgment of the Williams County Court of Common Pleas which denied the motion of appellant, Ohio Turnpike Commission ("Commission"), for release of funds...
Palmer v. Pheils - 6/28/2002
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Wood County Court of Common Pleas, awarding "indemnification" damages to attorneys as compensation for their former clients' breach of a settlement...
Jones v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. - 6/28/2002
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. This cause is before the court on appeal from a judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas granting a judgment notwithstanding the verdict to appellee, Norfolk Southern Railway. Appellant,...
Armentrout v. Bolden - 6/28/2002
. Ronald, Elizabeth, and Robert Armentrout ("appellants") appeal the January 30, 2001 judgment entry by the Portage County Court of Common Pleas. The trial court granted the summary judgment motions of Westfield Insurance Company...
Estep v. Reiter Automotive North America - 6/28/2002
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. This appeal comes to us from the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas. There, the court issued summary judgments in a case involving claims for employer intentional tort, products liability, and...
Yamamoto v. Midwest Screw Products - 6/28/2002
. Plaintiff-appellant Richard Yamamoto ("appellant") appeals from the decision of the Lake County Court of Common Pleas, which granted summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees Midwest Screw Products, et. al ("appellees"). ...
Gavel v. Performance Auto Wash - 6/27/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. David Gavel appeals a decision of the common pleas court granting summary judgment in favor of Performance Auto Wash (Performance). On appeal, he assigns the following as error for our review:
....
Apple v. Dimons - 6/27/2002
Judgment: REVERSED AND REMANDED
. Defendant-appellant James Rivalsky appeals from the order of the Common Pleas Court overruling his motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Civ.R. 60(B). For the reasons that follow, we...
Castrataro v. Urban - 6/27/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Plaintiff-appellant Linda Castrataro appeals from the November 13, 2001, Judgment Entry of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas granting defendant-appellee Kenneth Urban's Motion for Attorney Fees Under...
Ray v. Jacquemain - 6/26/2002
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:
Non-party Appellant Akron Square Chiropractic has appealed...
Haller v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. - 6/26/2002
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, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ("Goodyear"),...
State ex rel Fries v. Administrator - 6/25/2002
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
IN MANDAMUS ON OBJECTIONS TO THE MAGISTRATE'S DECISION
. Relator, Edward L. Fries, brings this action requesting that this court issue a writ of mandamus directing respondent Industrial...
State ex rel Hutchins v. Industrial Commission of Ohio - 6/25/2002
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
IN MANDAMUS
. Fred Hutchins filed this action in mandamus seeking a writ which compels the Industrial Commission of Ohio ("commission") to adjust the starting date for his permanent total...
State ex rel Menough v. Industrial Commission of Ohio - 6/25/2002
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
IN MANDAMUS ON OBJECTIONS TO THE MAGISTRATE'S DECISION
. Relator, James Menough, has filed this original action challenging orders issued by respondent Industrial Commission of Ohio...
Sammons v. Barrett - 6/24/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Plaintiffs-appellants Deborah S. Sammons, et al. appeal from the June 27, 2001, Judgment Entry of the Coshocton County Court of Common Pleas which granted defendant-appellee American Family Insurance...
State v. Cataraso - 6/24/2002
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. Thomas C. Cataraso appeals the Ross County Court of Common Pleas' judgment finding that he did not timely file his motion to void his sentence. Cataraso contends that the trial court erred in...
McGarry v. Horlacher - 6/21/2002
Rendered on the 21st day of June, 2002.
. Lynn McGarry, her husband, Edward, and their two children (hereinafter collectively referred to as "McGarry") appeal from a judgment of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in...
Salyer v. Riverside United Methodist Hospital - 6/20/2002
. Plaintiffs-appellants, Ronald Salyer (individually, "plaintiff") and Marilyn Salyer, appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees. Because the trial...
City of Cleveland v. North Pacific Group - 6/20/2002
JUDGMENT Case Nos. 78706 and 7887l affirmed; Case No. 79595 dismissed.
. The City of Cleveland filed three separate lawsuits in connection with its claim for damages arising out of the failure of utility poles installed as...
Nationwide Insurance Enterprises v. Progressive Specialty - 6/20/2002
. Peter P. Renaut, defendant/third-party plaintiff-appellant, appeals a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting a motion for summary judgment filed by Progressive Insurance Company ("Progressive"),...
Ryll v. Columbus Fireworks Display Company - 6/19/2002
Fireworks - Negligence - Liability of city sponsoring fireworks display when spectator is killed after being hit by exploding firework shell - City not immune under theory of sovereign community under R.C. Chapter 2744 or R.C. 1533.18...
Gerig v. Kahn - 6/19/2002
Contracts - Signatories to a contract may enforce an arbitration provision against a nonsignatory who seeks a declaration of the signatories' rights and obligations under the contract.
Submitted March 27, 2002
. On January...
United Healthcare of Ohio v. Percival - 6/18/2002
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. This is a consolidated appeal from a Ross County Common Pleas Court summary judgment in favor of United Healthcare of Ohio, Inc., plaintiff below and appellee herein, on its claim against Alan J....
Hall v. Watson - 6/18/2002
. Plaintiff-appellant Debra Hall, executrix of the estate of Leonard Hall, appeals the decision of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court granting defendant-appellee Brett Patton's motion for summary judgment. This court is asked to...
Purvis v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company - 6/17/2002
JUDGMENT ENTRY
The Bureau of Workers' Compensation was joined as a party to this personal injury action in order to protect its subrogation rights pursuant to R.C. 4123.91. After a jury trial, the trial court entered a verdict...
State ex rel Haussler v. Walker - 6/17/2002
ORIGINAL ACTION IN PROHIBITION
The above cause is before the court pursuant to a petition for a writ of prohibition and a motion for summary judgment filed by petitioner, Cheryl Haussler, on February 12, 2002 and a motion to...
Carroll v. Allstate Insurance Co. - 6/14/2002
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded
Appellant Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company ("Nationwide") appeals from the judgment of the Holmes County Court of Common Pleas that granted Allstate Insurance Company's motion for summary...
Taylor v. Steinberg - 6/13/2002
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.
. Defendant Steven Steinberg, M.D., performed gall bladder surgery on decedent John Taylor. Taylor suffered a common postoperative complication - a bile duct leak - that although suspected, went undiagnosed...
Hartmann v. Duffey - 6/12/2002
Judgments - Interest - Plaintiff who enters into a confidential settlement agreement that has not been reduced to judgment is entitled to interest on the settlement, which becomes due and payable on the date of settlement - R.C....
Lynch v. Yob - 6/12/2002
Insurance - Motor vehicle accident - Scope of tractor-trailer insurance coverage - Coverage is available on trailer under a federally mandated MCS-90 endorsement to insurance policy even though operator of the rig was not an insured...
City of Cincinnati v. Beretta U.S.A. Corporation - 6/12/2002
Civil procedure - Court of appeals' dismissal of complaint pursuant to Civ.R. 12(B)(6) against handgun manufacturers, trade associations, and handgun distributor under nuisance, negligence, and product liability theories of recovery...
Mowery v. Shoaf - 6/12/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. This timely appeal arises from a decision of the Columbiana County Court of Common Pleas granting Appellee's motion for summary judgment and dismissing Appellant's negligence claim. In light of the...
State ex rel United Auto Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation - 6/12/2002
Workers' compensation - In the absence of a rule promulgated pursuant to procedures in R.C. Chapter 119, the Administrator of Workers' Compensation is without authority to refund or reduce premiums pursuant to R.C. 4123.32(A). ...
Piergallini v. Brister - 6/11/2002
. This matter comes for consideration upon the record in the trial court, the parties' briefs, and their oral argument before this court. Plaintiffs-Appellants, Henry and Juanita Piergallini (hereinafter "the Piergallinis"), appeal...
State ex rel First Energy Corp. v. Stover - 6/11/2002
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
IN MANDAMUS ON OBJECTION TO THE MAGISTRATE'S DECISION
. Relator, First Energy Corp., has filed an original action requesting this court to issue a writ of mandamus ordering respondent...
Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Tauro Brothers Trucking Co. - 6/7/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, which granted summary judgment in favor of appellee, The Cincinnati Insurance Company, on a complaint for declaratory...
Weiner v. American Cancer Society - 6/6/2002
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED IN PART, AND REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART.
. Defendant-appellant American Cancer Society, Ohio Division, Inc. ("ACS"), appeals from the following actions of the trial court: (1) the denial of ACS's motion...
Pingue v. Hyslop - 6/6/2002
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
. This is an appeal by plaintiff-appellant, Joseph Pingue, Sr., from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in favor of defendants, Bruce Hyslop and...
Prysock v. Ohio State University Medical Center - 6/4/2002
. Plaintiff-appellant, Takeisha Prysock, appeals from a judgment of the Ohio Court of Claims granting summary judgment to defendant-appellee, The Ohio State University Medical Center ("Ohio State").
. In her complaint filed...
In re Estate of Olivito - 5/31/2002
JUDGMENT: Dismissed and Remanded.
. This appeal comes for consideration upon the record in the trial court and the parties' briefs. Appellant, the Estate of Flora Olivito (hereinafter "Flora"), appeals the decision of the...
O'Hail v. JG Mansfield - 5/30/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Plaintiffs-appellants Phyllis and Joseph O'Hail appeal the decision of the Richland County Court of Common Pleas, which granted summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees JG Mansfield, LLC, et al. in a...
Auber v. Marc Glassman - 5/30/2002
Judgment: Affirmed in part; reversed and remanded in part.
. Defendant-appellant/cross-appellee Puritas Partnership ("Puritas") appeals from a decision of the Common Pleas Court that granted...
State v. Jackson - 5/30/2002
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
. Defendant-appellant Patricia Jackson appeals from her conviction for ten counts of deception to obtain dangerous drugs in violation of R.C. 2925.22. The appellant was placed on community control sanctions...
Galvez v. Thomas F. McCafferty Health Center - 5/30/2002
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
. Defendant-appellant MetroHealth Medical Center appeals from the decision of the trial court granting the motion for prejudgment interest filed by the plaintiff-appellee Maria Galvez, Adminstratrix of the...
Ferguson v. Dyer - 3/28/2002
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiff-appellant, Karen S. Ferguson, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in favor of...
State v. Finkes - 3/28/2002
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
This is an appeal by defendant, Carol Finkes, from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas following a jury trial in which the jury returned verdicts...
Johnson v. University Hospitals of Cleveland - 3/28/2002
JUDGMENT: REVERSED AND REMANDED.
Defendant-appellant University Hospitals of Cleveland (UH) appeals the trial court's order compelling it to disclose the hospital incident reports regarding the instant matter. For the reasons...
Johnson v. Meridia Euclid Hospital - 3/28/2002
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
Plaintiff-appellant Shirley Johnson appeals from the trial court order that denied her motion for relief from a judgment of dismissal of her complaint.
Appellant argues the trial court's order was...
Phillips v. Fischer - 3/28/2002
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.
This is an appeal from a verdict following a jury trial before Visiting Judge Norman A. Fuerst that awarded appellee John T. Phillips compensatory damages against appellants, Millenium EntertainmentComplex,...
Hamilton v. Spirtos - 3/27/2002
JUDGMENT: Dismissed.
. This is an appeal of the denial of a Civ.R. 60(B) Motion to Vacate Judgment in a medical malpractice case. Carol Hamilton ("Appellant") previously attempted to directly appeal the jury verdict in this...
Proctor v. Patel - 3/27/2002
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, Linda Cheiky and Arlene Proctor appeal from a...
Corcino v. Neurosurgical Services - 3/27/2002
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 Mary Ann and Joseph Corcino appeal the decision of...
Schmidt v. Koval - 3/26/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. This is a timely appeal from the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas' denial of John Schmidt's ("Appellant") motion for a new trial. That motion challenged the validity of a jury verdict in favor of...
Young v. Young - 3/22/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an accelerated calendar appeal submitted on the briefs of the parties from the judgment entry of divorce issued by the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, in which the...
Thorley v. American States Preferred - 3/20/2002
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:
Plaintiff-Appellant Sarah Thorley has appealed an order of the...
Croskey v. Summa Health Systems - 3/20/2002
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, Jane Croskey, et al., ("Croskey"), appeal from the...
State v. Sandoval - 3/15/2002
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This case is before the court on appeal from the Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas, which entered judgment on a jury verdict finding appellant guilty of murder. For the reasons that follow, we...
Landzberg v. 10630 Berea Road - 3/14/2002
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
Defendant-appellant 10630 Berea Road, Inc., dba U41A Nightclub, appeals from the trial court's granting of plaintiff- appellee Mikhael Landzberg's motion to disqualify attorney Timothy Gallagher and his...
Stant v. Lin - 3/13/2002
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Civil Appeal from Common Pleas Court
JUDGMENT: Judgment Affirmed
Plaintiff-Appellant, Roger L. Stant ("Appellant"), individually and as the executor of the estate of Virginia Stant, deceased,...
Giebner v. Summit County - 3/13/2002
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, Anita Giebner, appeals the decision of the Summit...
State ex rel Hunter v. City of Alliance - 3/11/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in Part, Reversed and Remanded in Part
The parties herein appeal the February 22, 2001, Judgment Entry of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas issued pursuant to R.C. 149.351, concerning a forfeiture and...
Moore v. Alliance Obstetrics - 3/11/2002
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded
Plaintiff-appellant Albert L. Moore, Administrator of the Estate of Lynnette Twaddle, appeals the January 4, 2001 Judgment Entry of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas which entered judgment...
GRE Insurance Group v. Normandy Pointe Associates - 3/8/2002
{ } GRE Insurance Group (hereinafter "GRE") is appealing the judgment of the trial court, which adopted the opinion of the magistrate overruling GRE's motion for summary judgment and sustaining Normandy Pointe Associates'...
Avery v. Avery - 3/8/2002
{ } This case is before us on an appeal and cross-appeal from a judgment and decree of divorce. The parties in this case were married for about fifteen years and have one minor child (William). During the marriage, the husband...
Worpenberg v. Kroger Co. - 3/8/2002
OPINION.
Civil Appeal From: Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
Judgment Appealed From Is: Affirmed
The plaintiff-appellant, Pamela Worpenberg, appeals from the order of the trial court granting summary judgment to...
Lamb v. Lamb - 3/8/2002
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part; reversed in part and remanded.
This is an accelerated calendar appeal submitted on the briefs of the parties from the judgment entry of divorce issued by the Portage County Court of Common Pleas,...
Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Estate of McClain - 3/8/2002
I. On July 16, 1995, George McClain was killed in a motorcycle accident caused by the negligence of John Pollock. Approximately two years after the accident, Pollock's liability carrier settled with McClain's estate for its policy...
Uhl v. Mid-Ohio Heart Clinic - 3/7/2002
JUDGMENT: Vacated and Remanded
Appellant Brad Uhl, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Robert H. Uhl, deceased, appeals a judgment of the Richland County Common Pleas Court dismissing his complaint against...
Harris v. University Hospitals of Cleveland - 3/7/2002
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; VACATED IN PART AND REMANDED.
This is an appeal from a jury verdict following a trial before Visiting Judge Norman A. Fuerst that awarded compensatory and punitive damages and a...
Gargallo v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. - 3/7/2002
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiff, Miguel A. Gargallo, appeals a decision and entry of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting defendant, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company...
Toledo Bar Association v. Godbey - 3/6/2002
Submitted November 13, 2001
On August 7, 2000, relator, Toledo Bar Association, filed a three-count complaint charging respondent, James D. Godbey of Toledo, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0014101, with several violations of the...
Thompson v. Lorain Community - 3/6/2002
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, Jeannie Thompson ("Thompson"), appeals the decision...
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