Case ID: ohio-law-abs_2/html/0197-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "ALLEN, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 191
    No. 18027
    Columbus Railway, Power & Light Company v. William H. Harrison.
    Error to the Court of Appeals of Franklin county.
    915. .PERSONAL INJURY — Damages against corporation for assault of passenger by its employe, when recoverable.
   ALLEN, J.

In an action for personal injury for an assault upon a passenger by the employe of a corporation, punitive damages cannot be recovered against the corporation in the absence of evidence that the assault was authorized, participitated in, or ratified by the corporation, or that the corporation has failed to exercise due and reasonable care in selecting or retaining its employe.

Judgment reversed.

Marshall, C. J., Robinson, Jones, Matthias and Day, JJ., concur. Wanamaker, J., not j participating. Í