Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.45
§ 2317.45. Admissibility of reimbursement policies or determinations
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 7 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Health care provider" means any person or entity against whom a medical claim may be asserted in a civil action. (2) "Insurer" means any public or private entity doing or authorized to do any insurance business in this state. "Insurer" includes a self-insuring employer and the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services. (3) "Medical claim" has the same meaning as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. (4) "Reimbursement determination" means an insurer's determination of whether the insurer will reimburse a health care provider for health care services and the amount of that reimbursement. (5) "Reimbursement policies" means an insurer's policies and procedures governing its decisions regarding the reimbursement of a health care provider for health care services and the method of reimbursement. (B) Any insurer's reimbursement policies or reimbursement determination or regulations issued by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services or the Ohio department of medicaid regarding the health care services provided to the patient in any civil action based on a medical claim are not admissible as evidence for or against any party in the action and may not be used to establish a standard of care or breach of that standard of care in the action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.14
§ 2329.14. Execution against unsold goods
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 Senate Bill 30 - 123rd General Assembly When goods and chattels levied upon by execution cannot be sold for want of bidders or for want of time, the officer who makes the return shall annex to the execution a true inventory of the goods and chattels remaining unsold. The plaintiff in that execution may have another execution issued directing the sale of the goods and chattels levied upon. The goods and chattels shall not be so sold unless the written notice requirements of division (A)(1)(a) of section 2329.13 of the Revised Code and the public notice requirements of division (A)(2) of that section first have been satisfied. Division (B) of that section also applies to any sale of goods and chattels levied upon by virtue of a subsequent execution of a court of record under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.152 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.152
§ 2329.152. Authorization of private selling officer
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 480 - 132nd General Assembly (A) In every action demanding the judicial or execution sale of real estate, the county sheriff shall sell the real estate at a public auction, unless the judgment creditor files a motion with the court for an order authorizing a specified private selling officer to sell the real estate at a public auction. If the court authorizes a private selling officer to sell the real estate, the judgment creditor may seek to have the property sold by the private selling officer authorized by the court or by the county sheriff. If the judgment creditor elects to have the property sold by the private selling officer authorized by the court, the judgment creditor shall file with the clerk of the court a praecipe requesting the issuance of an order of appraisal to the sheriff and an order of sale to the private selling officer authorized by the court. Upon the filing of that praecipe, the clerk of the court shall immediately issue both of the following: (1) An order of appraisal to the sheriff, who shall obtain an appraisal of the real estate in conformity with sections 2329.17 and 2329.18 of the Revised Code; (2) An order of sale to the private selling officer, who, after the return or determination of the appraisal, shall advertise and sell the real estate in conformity with applicable provisions of sections 2329.01 to 2329.61 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) As used in this division: (a) "Business day" means a calendar day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday as defined in section 1.14 of the Revised Code. (b) "Remote bid" means a bid submitted in writing via facsimile, electronic mail, or overnight delivery or courier. (2) If the sale of the real estate is conducted at a physical location and not online, then each judgment creditor and lienholder who was a party to the action may submit a remote bid to the sheriff or the private selling officer. Each sheriff and private selling officer shall establish and maintain a facsimile number or an electronic mail address for use by judgment creditors and lienholders in submitting remote bids. Each remote bid shall be of a fixed maximum amount and shall be delivered to the sheriff or private selling officer on or before four-thirty p.m. on the business day immediately preceding the date of the sale. (3) Before the sale, the sheriff or the private selling officer shall confirm receipt of the remote bid by sending notice of such receipt via facsimile or electronic mail to the judgment creditor or lienholder who submitted the remote bid. During the sale, the sheriff or the private selling officer shall place the remote bid on behalf of the judgment creditor or lienholder who submitted the remote bid. After the sale, the sheriff or the private selling officer shall provide notice of the results of the sale not later than the close of business on the day of the sale to all judgment creditors and lienholders who submitted remote bids. Such notice shall be sent via facsimile or electronic mail to the judgment creditor or lienholder or by posting the results of the sale on a public web site. (4) If a sheriff or private selling officer fails to place a remote bid on behalf of a judgment creditor or lienholder to the prejudice of the judgment creditor or lienholder, then, upon the filing of a motion to vacate the sale within ten business days after the sale date, the sale shall be vacated. (C)(1) A judgment creditor that obtains a court order authorizing a specified private selling officer to sell the real estate at a public auction pursuant to division (A) of this section may instruct the private selling officer to postpone the sale of the real estate one or more times, provided, however that all rescheduled sale dates shall be within one hundred eighty days of the initial sale date. Upon receiving this instruction, the private selling officer shall postpone the sale of the real estate by announcing that the sale is postponed. If the sale is at a physical location, this announcement shall be made at the sale and shall include the date, time, and place of the rescheduled sale of the real estate. If the sale is online, this announcement shall be made on the auction web site and shall include the date of the rescheduled sale of real estate. Each such announcement shall be deemed to meet the notice requirement in section 2329.26 of the Revised Code. (2) If the judgment creditor does not wish to postpone the sale of the real estate, the judgment creditor may instruct the private selling officer to cancel the sale of the real estate. Upon receiving this instruction, the private selling officer shall cancel the sale of the real estate by announcing that the sale is canceled. If the sale is at a physical location, this announcement shall be made at the sale. If the sale is online, this announcement shall be made on the auction web site and shall remain posted there until at least the end of the seven-calendar-day bidding period described in division (E)(1)(a) of section 2329.152 of the Revised Code. (3) If the sale of the real estate is postponed or canceled as described in divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section, all bids made on the real estate prior to the postponement or cancellation of the sale shall be void. (D)(1) If the judgment creditor obtains a court order to have the real estate sold by a private selling officer, then: (a) The cost of the appraisal required by section 2329.17 of the Revised Code shall be taxed as costs in the case. (b) The cost of the advertisement required by section 2329.26 of the Revised Code shall be taxed as costs in the case. (c) The fee charged by the private selling officer and all costs incurred by the private selling officer other than the costs described in divisions (D)(1)(a) and (b) of this section shall be taxed as costs in the case up to an amount equal to one and one-half per cent of the sale price of the real estate. To the extent the fees and costs described in division (D)(1)(c) of this section exceed one and one-half per cent of the sale price of the real estate, they shall not be included in the amount necessary to redeem real estate under section 2329.33 of the Revised Code or in the calculation of any deficiency judgment under section 2329.08 of the Revised Code but rather shall be paid by the buyer of the property, the judgment creditor, or from the judgment creditor's portion of the proceeds of the sale. (2) The private selling officer shall file with the court that issued the order of sale an itemized report of all appraisal, publication, marketing, and other expenses of a sale conducted under this section and all fees charged by the private selling officer for marketing the real estate or conducting the sale of the real estate, including the fee charged by the title agent or title insurance company for administrative services, if applicable, and title, escrow, and closing services. (E)(1) The private selling officer who conducts a sale under this section may do any of the following: (a) Market the real estate and conduct the public auction of the real estate online or at any physical location in the county in which the real estate is situated. If the auction occurs online, the auction shall be open for bidding for a minimum of seven calendar days, counted by excluding the day the auction is first open for bidding and, notwithstanding section 1.14 of the Revised Code, including all subsequent days. (b) Hire a title insurance agent licensed under Chapter 3953. of the Revised Code or title insurance company authorized to do business under that chapter to assist the private selling officer in performing administrative services; (c) Execute to the purchaser, or to the purchaser's legal representatives, a deed of conveyance of the real estate sold; (d) Record on behalf of the purchaser the deed conveying title to the real estate sold, notwithstanding that the deed may not actually have been delivered to the purchaser prior to its recording. (2) By placing a bid at a sale conducted pursuant to this section, a purchaser appoints the private selling officer who conducts the sale as agent of the purchaser for the sole purpose of accepting delivery of the deed. (3) The private selling officer who conducts the sale shall hire a title insurance agent licensed under Chapter 3953. of the Revised Code or title insurance company authorized to do business under that chapter to perform title, escrow, and closing services related to the sale of the real estate. (F) The fee charged by the title agent or title insurance company for services provided under divisions (E)(1)(b) and (3) of this section shall be taxed as costs in the case provided they are reasonable. Fees less than or equal to five hundred dollars are presumed to be reasonable. Fees exceeding five hundred dollars shall be paid only if authorized by a court order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.50
§ 2307.50. Civil action to recover damages for interference with the parental or guardianship interest
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Child stealing crime" means a violation of sections 2905.01 , 2905.02 , 2905.03 , and 2919.23 of the Revised Code or section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to the effective date of this amendment. (2) "Minor" means a person under eighteen years of age. (3) "Parental or guardianship interest" means that a parent of a minor is the residential parent and legal custodian of the minor and has the rights corresponding to that capacity, that a parent of a minor is the parent other than the residential parent of the minor and has a right of access to the minor, that the parents of a minor have parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the minor and are the residential parents and legal custodians of the child, or that any other person has a right of custody or access to a minor as his guardian or other custodian. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, if a minor is the victim of a child stealing crime and if, as a result of that crime, the minor's parents, parent who is the residential parent and legal custodian, parent who is not the residential parent and legal custodian, guardian, or other custodian is deprived of a parental or guardianship interest in the minor, the parents, parent who is the residential parent and legal custodian, parent who is not the residential parent and legal custodian, guardian, or other custodian may maintain a civil action against the offender to recover damages for interference with the parental or guardianship interest. In the civil action, the plaintiffs may recover all of the following: (1) Full compensatory damages, including, but not limited to, damages for the mental suffering and anguish incurred by the plaintiffs, damages for the loss of society of the minor, and, if applicable, damages for the loss of the minor's services and damages for expenses incurred by the plaintiffs in locating or recovering the minor; (2) Punitive damages; (3) Reasonable attorney's fees; (4) Costs of bringing the civil action. (C) In a civil action brought pursuant to this section, the trier of fact may determine that the minor was the victim of a child stealing crime and that the defendant committed the crime, regardless of whether the defendant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a child stealing crime. (D) This section does not create a civil action for one parent against the other parent who commits a child stealing crime against the parent's own child.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.954 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.954
§ 2307.954. Disclosure of noncancer asbestos trust claims and cancer asbestos trust claims
Status: in_force

March 27, 2013 House Bill 380 - 129th General Assembly (A) A noncancer asbestos trust claim and a cancer asbestos trust claim are based on distinct injuries caused by a person's exposure to asbestos. A noncancer asbestos trust claim that is subject to disclosure under section 2307.952 or 2307.953 of the Revised Code or is identified in this section means the noncancer asbestos claim that is the subject of the asbestos tort action in which the defendant seeks discovery pursuant to sections 2307.951 to 2307.954 of the Revised Code. If a claimant previously filed a noncancer asbestos trust claim with, or submitted a noncancer asbestos trust claim to, an asbestos trust and subsequently filed an asbestos tort action based on a cancer asbestos claim, a cancer asbestos trust claim that is subject to disclosure under section 2307.952 or 2307.953 of the Revised Code or is identified in this section means both the earlier filed noncancer asbestos trust claim and the cancer asbestos claim that is the subject of the subsequent asbestos tort action. (B) Asbestos trust claims and the information that is the subject of disclosure under section 2307.952 or 2307.953 of the Revised Code are presumed to be authentic, relevant to, and discoverable in an asbestos tort action. Notwithstanding any agreement or confidentiality provision, trust claims material are presumed to not be privileged. The parties in the asbestos tort action may introduce at trial any trust claims material to prove alternative causation for the exposed person's claimed injury, death, or loss to person, to prove a basis to allocate responsibility for the claimant's claimed injury, death, or loss to person, and to prove issues relevant to an adjudication of the asbestos claim, unless the exclusion of the trust claims material is otherwise required by the rules of evidence. (C) In addition to the disclosure requirements set forth in sections 2307.952 and 2307.953 of the Revised Code, the parties to the asbestos tort action may seek additional disclosure and discovery of information relevant to the action by any mechanism provided by any applicable section of the Revised Code, the Rules of Civil Procedure, any local rule, or any case management order. In addition to the disclosure described in this division, any defendant in the asbestos tort action also may seek discovery of the claimant's asbestos trust claims directly from the asbestos trusts involved. (D) In an asbestos tort action, upon the filing by a defendant or judgment debtor of an appropriate motion seeking sanctions or other relief, the court may impose any sanction provided by a law of this state, including, but not limited to, vacating a judgment rendered in an asbestos tort action for a claimant's failure to comply with the disclosure requirements of this section and sections 2307.952 and 2307.953 of the Revised Code. (E)(1) If subsequent to obtaining a judgment in an asbestos tort action in this state a claimant files any additional asbestos trust claim with, or submits any additional asbestos trust claim to, an asbestos trust that was in existence at the time the claimant obtained that judgment, the trial court, upon the filing by a defendant or judgment debtor of an appropriate motion seeking sanctions or other relief, has jurisdiction to reopen its judgment in the asbestos tort action and do either of the following: (a) Adjust the judgment by the amount of any subsequent asbestos trust payments obtained by the claimant; (b) Order any other relief to the parties that the court considers just and proper. (2) As used in division (E) of this section, "asbestos trust" means and encompasses all trust entities, claims agents, or claims processing facilities that are created pursuant to the jurisdiction of a United States bankruptcy court and section 524(g) of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 524(g), or other applicable provision of law and that are formed for the purpose of compensating claimants asserting eligible asbestos claims. (F) A defendant or judgment debtor shall file any motion under this section within a reasonable time and not more than one year after the judgment was entered or taken.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.33
§ 2335.33. Costs collected by sheriffs
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Each sheriff shall pay to the clerk of the court of common pleas all costs collected by such sheriff or his deputies, except when collected upon process from the supreme court, the probate court, or from the court of common pleas of another county in which cases the sheriff shall pay such costs to the clerk of the court from which the process issued. A sheriff may pay costs to the parties entitled thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.34
§ 2323.34. Security if plaintiff becomes a nonresident
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the plaintiff becomes a nonresident of the county in which the suit is brought, during its pendency, he may be compelled, in the manner stated in sections 2323.30 to 2323.33 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, to give security.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.33
§ 2305.33. Physician reporting to public transportation employer employee's use of a drug of abuse no liability
Status: in_force

July 22, 1998 Senate Bill 66 - 122nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Bus" has the same meaning as in section 4511.78 of the Revised Code. (2) "Business of public transportation" means a business that includes among its functions the transporting of passengers in interstate or intrastate commerce by aircraft, railroad train, school or other bus, taxicab, or other type of common carrier, whether or not a charge is imposed for the transportation. "Business of public transportation" includes, but is not limited to, an Ohio transit system. (3) "Civil action" means a tort or contract action for damages for harm. (4) "Employee" means an individual who is employed by an employer to operate any aircraft, railroad train, school or other bus, taxicab, or other type of common carrier. (5) "Employer" means a person that is engaged in the business of public transportation. (6) "Harm" means injury, death, or loss to person or property. (7) "Ohio transit system" means a county transit system operated in accordance with sections 306.01 to 306.13 of the Revised Code, a regional transit authority operated in accordance with sections 306.30 to 306.71 of the Revised Code, a regional transit commission operated in accordance with sections 306.80 to 306.90 of the Revised Code, any municipally owned transportation system, and any mass transit company that operates exclusively within the territorial limits of a municipal corporation, or within the territorial limits of a municipal corporation and one or more municipal corporations immediately contiguous to that municipal corporation. (8) "Physician" means a person who is licensed pursuant to Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine or surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (9) "Prescription" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (10) "School bus" has the same meaning as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code. (11) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property, other than a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. "Tort action" includes, but is not limited to, a civil action for damages against a physician on the ground of a breach of the confidentiality of the physician-patient relationship. (B) A physician is not liable in damages in a civil action for harm that allegedly is incurred by an employee as a result of the physician reporting any of the following to the employer of the employee: (1) The physician has determined that the employee is using a drug of abuse dispensed pursuant to a prescription and that the employee's use of the drug of abuse represents a potential risk of harm to passengers on any aircraft, railroad train, school or other bus, taxicab, or other type of common carrier operated by the employee; (2) The physician has determined that the employee is using a drug of abuse otherwise than pursuant to a prescription. (3) The physician has determined that the employee has a condition, other than one involving the use of a drug of abuse, that represents a potential risk of harm to passengers on any aircraft, railroad train, school or other bus, taxicab, or other type of common carrier operated by the employee. (C)(1) This section does not create, and shall not be construed as creating, a new cause of action or substantive legal right against a physician and in favor of an employee who was a patient of the physician, who was the subject of a report described in division (B) of this section, and who allegedly sustained harm as a result of the report, or in favor of any other person who allegedly sustained harm as a result of the report. (2) This section does not impose, and shall not be construed as imposing, a duty upon a physician to make a report as described in division (B) of this section to an employer of an employee who the physician determines is using a drug of abuse dispensed pursuant to a prescription or is using a drug of abuse other than pursuant to a prescription, or who the physician determines has a condition, other than one involving the use of a drug of abuse, that represents a potential risk of harm to passengers on the type of common carrier operated by the employee. (3) This section does not affect and shall not be construed as affecting, any immunities from civil liability or defenses established by another section of the Revised Code or available at common law, to which a physician may be entitled. (D) In the event that a physician makes a report described in division (B) of this section, the physician also shall make a report to the employee who was the subject of the report. If the report to the employer is in writing, the report to the employee shall be in writing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.09
§ 2329.09. Writ of execution
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The writ of execution against the property of a judgment debtor issuing from a court of record shall command the officer to whom it is directed to levy on the goods and chattels of the debtor. If no goods or chattels can be found, the officer shall levy on the lands and tenements of the debtor. If the court rendering the judgment or decree so orders, real estate may be sold under execution as follows: one third cash on the day of sale, one third in one year, one third in two years thereafter, with interest on deferred payments, to be secured by mortgage on the premises so sold. An execution on a judgment rendered against a partnership firm by its firm name shall operate only on the partnership property. The exact amount of the debt, damages, and costs, for which the judgment is entered, shall be indorsed on the execution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.421 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.421
§ 2317.421. Prima-facie evidence of the reasonableness of medical bills
Status: in_force

June 1, 1970 Senate Bill 352 - 108th General Assembly In an action for damages arising from personal injury or wrongful death, a written bill or statement, or any relevant portion thereof, itemized by date, type of service rendered, and charge, shall, if otherwise admissible, be prima-facie evidence of the reasonableness of any charges and fees stated therein for medication and prosthetic devices furnished, or medical, dental, hospital, and funeral services rendered by the person, firm, or corporation issuing such bill or statement, provided, that such bill or statement shall be prima-facie evidence of reasonableness only if the party offering it delivers a copy of it, or the relevant portion thereof, to the attorney of record for each adverse party not less than five days before trial.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.13
§ 2323.13. Warrant of attorney to confess
Status: in_force

January 1, 1974 House Bill 243 - 110th General Assembly (A) An attorney who confesses judgment in a case, at the time of making such confession, must produce the warrant of attorney for making it to the court before which he makes the confession. Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, if the maker or any of several makers resides within the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal court established under section 1901.01 of the Revised Code, or signed the warrant of attorney authorizing confession of judgment in such territory, judgment on such warrant of attorney shall be confessed in the municipal court having jurisdiction in such territory, provided the court has jurisdiction over the subject matter; otherwise, judgment may be confessed in any court in the county where the maker or any of several makers resides or signed the warrant of attorney. The original or a copy of the warrant shall be filed with the clerk. (B) The attorney who represents the judgment creditor shall include in the petition a statement setting forth to the best of his knowledge the last known address of the defendant. (C) Immediately upon entering any such judgment the court shall notify the defendant of the entry of the judgment by personal service or by registered or certified letter mailed to him at the address set forth in the petition. (D) A warrant of attorney to confess judgment contained in any promissory note, bond, security agreement, lease, contract, or other evidence of indebtedness executed on or after January 1, 1974, is invalid and the courts are without authority to render a judgment based upon such a warrant unless there appears on the instrument evidencing the indebtedness, directly above or below the space or spaces provided for the signatures of the makers, or other person authorizing the confession, in such type size or distinctive marking that it appears more clearly and conspicuously than anything else on the document: "Warning--By signing this paper you give up your right to notice and court trial. If you do not pay on time a court judgment may be taken against you without your prior knowledge and the powers of a court can be used to collect from you regardless of any claims you may have against the creditor whether for returned goods, faulty goods, failure on his part to comply with the agreement, or any other cause." (E) A warrant of attorney to confess judgment contained in any instrument executed on or after January 1, 1974, arising out of a consumer loan or consumer transaction, is invalid and the courts shall have no jurisdiction to render a judgment based upon such a warrant. An action founded upon an instrument arising out of a consumer loan or a consumer transaction as defined in this section is commenced by the filing of a complaint as in any ordinary civil action. Notice of the filing shall be served on the defendant and returned in the same manner as in other cases and shall read as follows: "To: (HERE INSERT THE NAME OF THE DEFENDANT OR DEFENDANTS) "(HERE INSERT THE NAME OF PLAINTIFF OR PLAINTIFFS) ask judgment in this court against you for (HERE INSERT THE AMOUNT CLAIMED IN DOLLARS AND CENTS) upon the following claim (HERE INSERT THE NATURE OF THE CLAIM AND DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT). "The court may enter judgment upon this claim if no answer is filed within the time allowed by law. If an answer is filed, a trial shall be held within sixty days of the date of filing of the answer. "You have a right to retain an attorney. If you do not file an answer, judgment may be entered against you by default, and your earnings may be subjected to garnishment or your property may be attached to satisfy the judgment. If your defense is supported by witnesses, account books, receipts, or other documents, you must produce them at the trial. Subpoenas for witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum, if requested by a party, will be issued by the clerk." If an answer is filed, a trial shall be held within sixty days of the date of filing of the answer, unless for good cause shown the court may continue the same. As used in this section: (1) "Consumer loan" means a loan to a natural person and the debt incurred is primarily for a personal, family, educational, or household purpose. The term "consumer loan" includes the creation of debt by the lender's payment of or agreement to pay money to the debtor or to a third party for the account of the debtor; the creation of a debt by a credit to an account with the lender upon which the debtor is entitled to draw; and the forebearance of debt arising from a consumer loan. (2) "Consumer transaction" means a sale, lease, assignment, award by chance, or other transfer of an item of goods, a service, franchise, or an intangible, to an individual for purposes that are primarily personal, family, educational, or household. Last updated November 3, 2021 at 4:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.01
§ 2307.01. Action defined
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, involving process, pleadings, and ending in a judgment or decree, by which a party prosecutes another for the redress of a legal wrong, enforcement of a legal right, or the punishment of a public offense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.154 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.154
§ 2329.154. Online registration
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly (A) If property is sold online, the sheriff or private selling officer shall require persons seeking to bid to register online with the web site as a condition of being authorized to bid. The registration form shall include information relevant to the objective of enabling the sheriff or private selling officer to identify the bidder, contact the bidder, and complete the sale of the property. (B) If an attorney or a law firm that represents the plaintiff or a party to the action bids on property in a representative capacity, the attorney or law firm shall register as the representative of the plaintiff or party, either as an individual or entity. (C)(1) If the person registering to bid is an individual, the information required by division (A) of this section shall include the individual's name, mailing address, which shall not be a post office box address, electronic mail address, telephone number, and, if applicable, financial transaction device information. (2) If the person registering to bid is an entity, the information required by division (A) of this section shall include the entity's legal name, trade name if different from its legal name, state and date of formation, active status with the office of the secretary of state, mailing address, telephone number, financial transaction device information if applicable, the name of an individual contact person for the entity, and the contact person's title, mailing address, which shall not be a post office box address, electronic mail address, and telephone number. (D) The registration form on the web site shall require the person registering to bid to state, to the best of the person's knowledge and belief, that the information provided by the person is true, correct, and complete under penalties of perjury. (E) The electronic mail address, telephone number, and, if applicable, financial transaction device information required in division (C) of this section are confidential and not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (F) As used in this section, "financial transaction device" has the same meaning as in section 301.28 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.931 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.931
§ 2307.931. Asbestos claim - plaintiff to file specified disclosures
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 63 - 135th General Assembly (A) The plaintiff in any tort action who alleges an asbestos claim shall, within sixty days after filing any complaint, provide all parties with a sworn statement specifying the basis for each asbestos claim against each defendant, including the following: (1) The name, address, date of birth, marital status, occupation, smoking history, current and past worksites, and current and past employers of the exposed person and any person through whom the exposed person was exposed to asbestos; (2) The name and address of each person who is knowledgeable regarding the exposed person's exposures to asbestos; (3) The asbestos-containing product for each defendant to which the exposed person was exposed or to which the other person was exposed if the exposure was through another person; (4) The sites that establish the direct connection between the exposed person, or the other person if the exposure was through another person, and each defendant; (5) The beginning and ending dates of each exposure to asbestos or an asbestos-containing product for the exposed person or the other person if the exposure was through another person; (6) The asbestos-related disease that is alleged; (7) Any supporting documentation relating to the information required under division (A) of this section. (B) The sworn statement required under division (A) of this section is in addition to other requirements for asbestos claims under sections 2307.91 to 2307.98 of the Revised Code. (C) A plaintiff in a tort action alleging an asbestos claim has a continuing duty to supplement the information that is required to be disclosed under division (A) of this section, including when the plaintiff receives new exposure history information or becomes aware that a prior disclosure was inaccurate or incomplete. (D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, on a motion by a defendant, the court shall dismiss the plaintiff's asbestos claim without prejudice if the defendant's asbestos-containing product or site is not identified in the disclosures required under division (A) of this section or the plaintiff fails to comply with division (A) of this section. (E) The court may not dismiss a plaintiff's claim under division (D) of this section upon a showing of good cause by the plaintiff. (F) This section does not apply to a claim for workers' compensation or a claim for veterans' benefits. Last updated February 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.48
§ 2317.48. Action for discovery
Status: in_force

April 4, 1985 Senate Bill 47 - 115th General Assembly When a person claiming to have a cause of action or a defense to an action commenced against him, without the discovery of a fact from the adverse party, is unable to file his complaint or answer, he may bring an action for discovery, setting forth in his complaint in the action for discovery the necessity and the grounds for the action, with any interrogatories relating to the subject matter of the discovery that are necessary to procure the discovery sought. Unless a motion to dismiss the action is filed under Civil Rule 12, the complaint shall be fully and directly answered under oath by the defendant. Upon the final disposition of the action, the costs of the action shall be taxed in the manner the court deems equitable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.04
§ 2329.04. Judgments of inferior courts - stay of execution - certificate in lieu of transcript
Status: in_force

January 1, 1958 House Bill 937 - 102nd General Assembly Judgments of probate courts, municipal courts, county courts, and other courts inferior to the court of common pleas may be made liens upon lands and tenements of a judgment debtor within any county of this state only in the manner provided in section 2329.02 of the Revised Code. The certificate of such judgment shall be made by the clerk of any such court or judge of a county court except that as to all judgments mentioned in section 5309.54 of the Revised Code, when the certificate is to be filed in the office of the county recorded in order to obtain a lien upon registered lands, the same shall be procured and issued as provided in said sections. When any certificate of a judgment of any such court made by the clerk of such court or judge of a county court has been filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of any county, and docketed and indexed therein, execution may be issued out of such court of common pleas upon such judgment, and such further proceedings to enforce said judgment may be had as if the same had been rendered in such court of common pleas. If stay of execution of any such judgment is obtained, such facts shall be certified by the clerk of the court rendering the decision or the judge of a county court, to the clerk of the court of common pleas, who shall enter a memorandum of such stay upon the judgment docket. Such certificate of judgment shall be used instead of a transcript in every case where it is or has been provided by law that a transcript of a judgment shall be filed in order to obtain a lien upon the lands.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.21
§ 2323.21. Rights of infants reserved in judgments
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly It is not necessary to reserve in a judgment or order the right of a minor to show cause against it after attaining the age of majority; but in any case in which, but for this section, such reservation would have been proper, within one year after his majority, the minor may show cause against such order or judgment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.79
§ 2307.79. Compensatory damages for economic loss from manufacturer or supplier
Status: in_force

January 5, 1988 House Bill 1 - 117th General Assembly (A) If a claimant is entitled to recover compensatory damages for harm from a manufacturer in accordance with section 2307.73 of the Revised Code or from a supplier in accordance with division (B) of section 2307.78 of the Revised Code, the claimant may recover from the manufacturer or supplier in question, in that action, compensatory damages for any economic loss that proximately resulted from the defective aspect of the product in question. (B) If a claimant is entitled to recover compensatory damages for harm from a supplier in accordance with division (A) of section 2307.78 of the Revised Code, the claimant may recover from the supplier in question, in that action, compensatory damages for any economic loss that proximately resulted from the negligence of that supplier or from the representation made by that supplier and the failure of the product in question to conform to that representation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.32
§ 2329.32. Officer may retain purchase money until sale confirmed
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The officer, on making the sale of property of a judgment debtor, may retain the purchase money in his hands until the court examines his proceedings, when he shall pay it to the person entitled thereto, under the order of the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.35
§ 2335.35. Disposition of unclaimed fees and costs
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 343 - 134th General Assembly (A) All moneys, fees, costs, debts, and damages, remaining in the hands of the clerk of the court of common pleas or probate judge, and all unclaimed moneys, other than costs, remaining in the hands of the sheriff from the expiration of thirty days from the ending of the time of advertisement as provided by section 2335.34 of the Revised Code, shall be paid by such officer or such officer's successor to the county treasurer, on the order of the county auditor, except for unclaimed moneys that are for restitution payments for crime victims. Each such officer shall indicate each item in the officer's cashbook and docket the disposition made thereof. Upon ceasing to be such officer, each clerk, probate judge, and sheriff shall immediately pay to the clerk's, probate judge's, or sheriff's successor all money on hand as such officer. (B) All the moneys remaining unclaimed that are for restitution payments for crime victims shall be sent to the reparations fund created under section 2743.191 of the Revised Code, with a list from the clerk or other officer responsible for the collection and distribution of restitution payments specifying the amounts and individual identifying information of the funds. Last updated March 9, 2023 at 3:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2337.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2337 / § 2337.08
§ 2337.08. Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceeding
Status: in_force

July 20, 1994 House Bill 292 - 120th General Assembly The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the close of business on the day the distribution proceeding is initiated governs all exchanges of foreign money in a distribution proceeding. A foreign-money claimant in a distribution proceeding shall assert its claim in the named foreign money and show the amount of United States dollars resulting from a conversion as of the date the proceeding was initiated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.44
§ 2305.44. Duty to search for identifying device or identification card
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 95 - 135th General Assembly (A) When examining or treating an incapacitated person, an emergency medical service provider or health care practitioner may make a prompt and reasonable search for an identifying device or identification card. If found, the emergency medical service provider or health care practitioner may scan or examine it for emergency information, including by inspecting both sides of the identifying device or identification card. (B) A cause of action against an emergency medical service provider or health care practitioner does not arise from making a reasonable search of an incapacitated person to locate an identifying device or identification card, even though the person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an identification card. Last updated April 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.23
§ 2313.23. Retention of documents and electronic media
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly The court of common pleas of a county by general order filed with the clerk of the court shall determine the retention period for all documents and electronic media filed with the commissioners of jurors in compliance with applicable rules of superintendence for the courts of Ohio.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2311.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2311 / § 2311.11
§ 2311.11. Actions triable
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Actions are triable at the first term of the court after the issues therein, by the times fixed for pleading, or should have been made up. When issues are or should have been made up during a term, such action shall be triable at the term. When issues are or should have been made up either before or during a term of court, but after the period of preparing the trial docket of the term, the clerk of the court, if required by the court, shall place such actions on such docket.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2303.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2303 / § 2303.16
§ 2303.16. Deposit of fees for foreign writ
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The clerk of the court of common pleas shall not issue a writ in a civil action to another county until the party requiring the issuing thereof has deposited with him sufficient funds to pay the officer to whom it is directed for executing it, and the clerk shall indorse thereon the words, "Funds deposited to pay for the execution of this writ." On the return thereof, the clerk shall pay to such officer the fees for executing such writ, and no officer shall be required to serve such writ unless it is so indorsed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.06
§ 2307.06. Suit on bond
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a person forfeits his bond, or renders his sureties liable thereon, a person injured thereby, or who is entitled to the benefit of the security, may bring an action thereon, in his own name, against the person and his sureties, to recover the amount to which he is entitled by reason of the delinquency, which action may be prosecuted on a certified copy of the bond. A judgment for one delinquency does not preclude the same for another person from bringing an action on the instrument for another delinquency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.18
§ 2307.18. Officer acting under process may interplead
Status: in_force

July 6, 2001 Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly A judicial officer against whom an action is brought to recover personal property taken by the officer on execution, or for the proceeds of such property sold by the officer, upon exhibiting to the court the process under which the officer acted, with the officer's affidavit that the property was taken or sold by the officer under such process, may have the benefit of Civil Rule 22, against the party in whose favor the execution issued.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2337.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2337 / § 2337.09
§ 2337.09. Pre-judgment and judgment interest
Status: in_force

July 20, 1994 House Bill 292 - 120th General Assembly (A) With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of prejudgment or preaward interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distribution proceeding, except as provided in division (B) of this section, are matters of the substantive law governing the right to recovery under the conflict-of-laws rules of this state. (B) The court or arbitrator shall increase or decrease the amount of prejudgment or preaward interest otherwise payable in a judgment or award in foreign money to the extent required by the law of this state governing a failure to make or accept an offer of settlement or offer of judgment, or conduct by a party or its attorney causing undue delay or expense. (C) A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim bears interest at the rate applicable to judgments of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.10
§ 2307.10. Wife's right to defend
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When husband and wife are sued together, the wife may defend for her own right; and if the husband neglects to defend she also may defend for his right.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.53
§ 2329.53. Return day of writ of execution
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The officer to whom a writ of execution is directed shall return such writ to the court to which it is returnable within sixty days from its date.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.22
§ 2329.22. Rule as to sale of lands by state
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 2329.19 to 2329.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code do not affect the sale of lands by the state. All lands, the property of individuals, indebted to the state for debt, taxes, or in any other manner shall be sold without valuation for the discharge of such debt or taxes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.422 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.422
§ 2317.422. Authentication of nursing, rest, community alternative home and residential care facilities records
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding sections 2317.40 and 2317.41 of the Revised Code but subject to division (B) of this section, the records, or copies or photographs of the records, of a hospital, homes required to be licensed pursuant to section 3721.01 of the Revised Code, and residential facilities licensed pursuant to section 5119.34 of the Revised Code that provides accommodations, supervision, and personal care services for three to sixteen unrelated adults, in lieu of the testimony in open court of their custodian, person who made them, or person under whose supervision they were made, may be qualified as authentic evidence if any such person endorses thereon the person's verified certification identifying such records, giving the mode and time of their preparation, and stating that they were prepared in the usual course of the business of the institution. Such records, copies, or photographs may not be qualified by certification as provided in this section unless the party intending to offer them delivers a copy of them, or of their relevant portions, to the attorney of record for each adverse party not less than five days before trial. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the right of any party to call the custodian, person who made such records, or person under whose supervision they were made, as a witness. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any certified copy of the results of any test given to determine the presence or concentration of alcohol, a drug of abuse, a combination of them, a controlled substance, or a metabolite of a controlled substance in a patient's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine at any time relevant to a criminal offense that is submitted in a criminal action or proceeding in accordance with division (B)(2)(b) or (B)(3)(b) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.32
§ 2335.32. Itemized bill of costs
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In all cases, when demanded by a person liable for the payment of any fees or costs to an officer, such officer, without charge, shall make, sign, and deliver to the person an itemized bill of such fees or costs. No person shall, after such demand, be compelled to pay such fees or costs until an itemized bill is so made and delivered, with a receipt for the amount paid.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.85
§ 2307.85. Silicosis claim - prima facie showing - evidence of physical impairment - effect of decision
Status: in_force

September 1, 2004 House Bill 342 - 125th General Assembly (A) Physical impairment of the exposed person, to which the person's exposure to silica is a substantial contributing factor, shall be an essential element of a silicosis claim in any tort action. (B) No person shall bring or maintain a tort action alleging a silicosis claim based on a nonmalignant condition in the absence of a prima-facie showing, in the manner described in division (A) of section 2307.87 of the Revised Code, that the exposed person has a physical impairment, that the physical impairment is a result of a medical condition, and that the person's exposure to silica is a substantial contributing factor to the medical condition. That prima-facie showing shall include all of the following minimum requirements: (1) Evidence verifying that a competent medical authority has taken a detailed occupational and exposure history of the exposed person from the exposed person or, if that person is deceased, from the person who is most knowledgeable about the exposures that form the basis of the silicosis claim for a nonmalignant condition, including all of the following: (a) All of the exposed person's principal places of employment and exposures to airborne contaminants; (b) Whether each principal place of employment involved exposures to airborne contaminants, including, but not limited to, silica or other disease causing dusts, that can cause pulmonary impairment and, if that type of exposure is involved, the general nature, duration, and general level of exposure. (2) Evidence verifying that a competent medical authority has taken a detailed medical and smoking history of the exposed person, including a thorough review of the exposed person's past and present medical problems and the most probable causes of those medical problems; (3) A diagnosis by a competent medical authority, based on a medical examination and pulmonary function testing of the exposed person, that both of the following apply to the exposed person: (a) The exposed person has a permanent respiratory impairment rating of at least class 2 as defined by and evaluated pursuant to the AMA guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment. (b) The exposed person has silicosis based at a minimum on radiological or pathological evidence of silicosis. (C) No person shall bring or maintain a tort action alleging that silica caused that person to contract lung cancer if the exposed person is or was also a smoker, in the absence of a prima-facie showing, in the manner described in division (A) of section 2307.87 of the Revised Code, that the exposed person has a physical impairment, that the physical impairment is a result of a medical condition, and that the person's exposure to silica is a substantial contributing factor to the medical condition. That prima-facie showing shall include all of the following minimum requirements: (1) A diagnosis by a competent medical authority that the exposed person has primary lung cancer and that exposure to silica is a substantial contributing factor to that cancer; (2) Evidence that is sufficient to demonstrate that at least ten years have elapsed from the date of the exposed person's first exposure to silica until the date of diagnosis of the exposed person's primary lung cancer. The ten-year latency period described in this division is a rebuttable presumption and the plaintiff has the burden of proof to rebut the presumption. (3) Both of the following: (a) Radiological or pathological evidence of silicosis; (b) Evidence of the exposed person's substantial occupational exposure to silica. (D)(1) No person shall bring or maintain a tort action alleging a silicosis claim based on wrongful death, as described in section 2125.01 of the Revised Code, of an exposed person, in the absence of a prima-facie showing, in the manner described in division (A) of section 2307.87 of the Revised Code, that the death of the exposed person was the result of a physical impairment, that the death and physical impairment were the result of a medical condition, and that the person's exposure to silica was a substantial contributing factor to the medical condition. That prima-facie showing shall include all of the following minimum requirements: (a) A diagnosis by a competent medical authority that exposure to silica was a substantial contributing factor to the death of the exposed person; (b) Evidence that is sufficient to demonstrate that at least ten years have elapsed from the date of the exposed person's first exposure to silica until the date of diagnosis under division (D)(1)(a) of this section or death of the exposed person. The ten-year latency period described in this division is a rebuttable presumption, and the plaintiff has the burden of proof to rebut the presumption. (c) Both of the following: (i) Radiological or pathological evidence of silicosis; (ii) Evidence of the exposed person's substantial occupational exposure to silica. (2) If a person files a tort action that alleges a silicosis claim based on wrongful death, as described in section 2125.01 of the Revised Code, of an exposed person and further alleges in the action that the death of the exposed person was the result of living with another person who, if the tort action had been filed by the other person, would have met the requirements specified in division (D)(1)(c) of this section and that the exposed person lived with the other person for the period of time specified in division (CC) of section 2307.84 of the Revised Code, the exposed person is considered as having satisfied the requirements specified in division (D)(1)(c) of this section. (E) Evidence relating to physical impairment under this section, including pulmonary function testing and diffusing studies, shall comply with the technical recommendations for examinations, testing procedures, quality assurance, quality control, and equipment incorporated in the AMA guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment and reported as set forth in 20 C.F.R. Pt. 404, Subpt. P, App. 1, Part A, Sec. 3.00 E. and F., and the interpretive standards set forth in the official statement of the American thoracic society entitled "lung function testing: selection of reference values and interpretive strategies" as published in American review of respiratory disease, 1991:144:1202-1218. (F) All of the following apply to the court's decision on the prima-facie showing that meets the requirements of division (B), (C), or (D) of this section: (1) The court's decision does not result in any presumption at trial that the exposed person has a physical impairment that is caused by a silica-related condition. (2) The court's decision is not conclusive as to the liability of any defendant in the case. (3) The court's findings and decision are not admissible at trial. (4) If the trier of fact is a jury, the court shall not instruct the jury with respect to the court's decision on the prima-facie showing, and neither counsel for any party nor a witness shall inform the jury or potential jurors of that showing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.03
§ 2335.03. Assignment commissioners
Status: in_force

October 30, 1965 House Bill 324 - 106th General Assembly The judges of the court of common pleas of any county where two or more such judges hold court at the same time, may, in joint session, appoint assignment commissioners to attend to the assignment of all cases for trial and to discharge such other duties as the court requires. Such assignment commissioners shall be allowed such compensation for their services as the court appointing them determines, and shall be paid monthly from the county treasury. An entry shall be made in the court journal designating the persons appointed as assignment commissioners, and fixing their compensation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.50
§ 2329.50. Supreme court and court of appeals judgments
Status: in_force

August 6, 1976 House Bill 390 - 111th General Assembly In all cases in which judgment is rendered in the court of appeals or supreme court and a special mandate is directed to the court of common pleas to carry it into execution, the lien of the judgment creditor shall continue for one year after it is so entered. In computing such period of one year, the time covered by an appeal of the case, or by an injunction against the execution, or by a vacancy in the office of sheriff and coroner, or by the inability of such officers, shall be excluded.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.05
§ 2313.05. Establishment of jury year
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly The court of common pleas shall establish the date on which the jury year shall begin. The court may divide each jury year into parts.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.235 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.235
§ 2305.235. Immunity of person involved with providing automated external defibrillation
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Automated external defibrillation" means the process of applying a specialized defibrillator to a person in cardiac arrest, allowing the defibrillator to interpret the cardiac rhythm, and, if appropriate, delivering an electrical shock to the heart to allow it to resume effective electrical activity. (2) "Physician" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Except in the case of willful or wanton misconduct, no physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner shall be held liable in civil damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property for providing a prescription for an automated external defibrillator approved for use as a medical device by the United States food and drug administration or consulting with a person regarding the use and maintenance of a defibrillator. (C) Except in the case of willful or wanton misconduct, no person shall be held liable in civil damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property for doing any of the following: (1) Providing training in automated external defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; (2) Authorizing, directing, or supervising the installation or placement of an automated external defibrillator; (3) Designing, managing, or operating a cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automated external defibrillation program; (4) Acquiring an automated external defibrillator; (5) Owning, managing, or having responsibility for a premises or location where an automated external defibrillator has been placed. (D) Except in the case of willful or wanton misconduct or when there is no good faith attempt to activate an emergency medical services system in accordance with section 3701.85 of the Revised Code, no person shall be held liable in civil damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property, or held criminally liable, for performing automated external defibrillation in good faith, regardless of whether the person has obtained appropriate training on how to perform automated external defibrillation or successfully completed a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.67
§ 2329.67. Exemption not subject to payment of cost of proceedings to collect debt
Status: in_force

September 28, 1979 House Bill 674 - 113th General Assembly The exempt personal earnings provided for in division (A)(13) of section 2329.66 of the Revised Code are not subject to the payment of the cost of any proceedings brought to recover a judgment for a debt or to satisfy a judgment for a debt.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.902 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.902
§ 2307.902. Silicosis or mixed dust disease claim - piercing the corporate veil
Status: in_force

September 1, 2004 House Bill 342 - 125th General Assembly (A) A holder has no obligation to, and has no liability to, the covered entity or to any person with respect to any obligation or liability of the covered entity in a silicosis claim or a mixed dust disease claim under the doctrine of piercing the corporate veil unless the person seeking to pierce the corporate veil demonstrates all of the following: (1) The holder exerted such control over the covered entity that the covered entity had no separate mind, will, or existence of its own. (2) The holder caused the covered entity to be used for the purpose of perpetrating, and the covered entity perpetrated, an actual fraud on the person seeking to pierce the corporate veil primarily for the direct pecuniary benefit of the holder. (3) The person seeking to pierce the corporate veil sustained an injury or unjust loss as a direct result of the control described in division (A)(1) of this section and the fraud described in division (A)(2) of this section. (B) A court shall not find that the holder exerted such control over the covered entity that the covered entity did not have a separate mind, will, or existence of its own or to have caused the covered entity to be used for the purpose of perpetrating a fraud solely as a result of any of the following actions, events, or relationships: (1) The holder is an affiliate of the covered entity and provides legal, accounting, treasury, cash management, human resources, administrative, or other similar services to the covered entity, leases assets to the covered entity, or makes its employees available to the covered entity. (2) The holder loans funds to the covered entity or guarantees the obligations of the covered entity. (3) The officers and directors of the holder are also the officers and directors of the covered entity. (4) The covered entity makes payments of dividends or other distributions to the holder or repays loans owed to the holder. (5) In the case of a covered entity that is a limited liability company, the holder or its employees or agents serve as the manager of the covered entity. (C) The person seeking to pierce the corporate veil has the burden of proof on each and every element of the person's claim and must prove each element by a preponderance of the evidence. (D) Any liability of the holder described in division (A) of this section for an obligation or liability that is limited by that division is exclusive and preempts any other obligation or liability imposed upon that holder for that obligation or liability under common law or otherwise. (E) This section is intended to codify the elements of the common law cause of action for piercing the corporate veil and to abrogate the common law cause of action and remedies relating to piercing the corporate veil in silicosis claims and mixed dust disease claims. Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating a right or cause of action that did not exist under the common law as it existed on the effective date of this section. (F) This section applies to all silicosis claims and mixed dust disease claims commenced on or after the effective date of this section or commenced prior to and pending on the effective date of this section. (G) This section applies to all actions asserting the doctrine of piercing the corporate veil brought against a holder if any of the following apply: (1) The holder is an individual and resides in this state. (2) The holder is a corporation organized under the laws of this state. (3) The holder is a corporation with its principal place of business in this state. (4) The holder is a foreign corporation that is authorized to conduct or has conducted business in this state. (5) The holder is a foreign corporation the parent corporation of which is authorized to conduct business in this state. (6) The person seeking to pierce the corporate veil is a resident of this state. (H) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Affiliate" and "beneficial owner" have the same meanings as in section 1704.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Mixed dust," "mixed dust disease claim," "silica," and "silicosis claim" have the same meanings as in section 2307.84 of the Revised Code. (3) "Covered entity" means a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, or any other entity organized under the laws of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, in which the shareholders, owners, or members are generally not responsible for the debts and obligations of the entity. Nothing in this section limits or otherwise affects the liabilities imposed on a general partner of a limited partnership. (4) "Holder" means a person who is the holder, beneficial owner, or subscriber of shares or any other ownership interest of a covered entity, a member of a covered entity, or an affiliate of any person who is the holder, beneficial owner, or subscriber of shares or any other ownership interest of a covered entity. (5) "Piercing the corporate veil" means any and all common law doctrines by which a holder may be liable for an obligation or liability of a covered entity on the basis that the holder controlled the covered entity, the holder is or was the alter ego of the covered entity, or the covered entity has been used for the purpose of actual or constructive fraud or as a sham to perpetrate a fraud or any other common law doctrine by which the covered entity is disregarded for purposes of imposing liability on a holder for the debts or obligations of that covered entity. (6) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1701.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2301.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2301 / § 2301.13
§ 2301.13. Use of psychiatrists by municipal courts
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In counties in which one or more psychiatrists, psychologists, or other examiners or investigators have been appointed pursuant to section 2301.12 of the Revised Code, the judges of the court of common pleas may enter into an agreement with the judges of any municipal court located in such county for the participation by such municipal judges in the services made available by the employment of such psychiatrists, psychologists, or other examiners or investigators upon such terms as are mutually agreed upon.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.53
§ 2307.53. Civil action for damages for dismemberment abortion or partial birth feticide
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 Senate Bill 145 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "D ismemberment abortion" has the same meaning as in section 2919.15 of the Revised Code. (2) "Frivolous conduct" has the same meaning as in section 2323.51 of the Revised Code. (3) "Partial birth procedure" has the same meaning as in section 2919.151 of the Revised Code. (B) A woman upon whom a partial birth procedure is performed in violation of division (B) or (C) of section 2919.151 of the Revised Code, a woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion is performed in violation of division (B) of section 2919.15 of the Revised Code, the father of the child if the child was not conceived by rape, or the parent of the woman if the woman is not eighteen years of age or older at the time of the violation has and may commence a civil action for compensatory damages, punitive or exemplary damages if authorized by section 2315.21 of the Revised Code, and court costs and reasonable attorney's fees against the person who committed the violation. (C) If a judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in a civil action commenced pursuant to division (B) of this section and the court finds, upon the filing of a motion under section 2323.51 of the Revised Code, that the commencement of the civil action constitutes frivolous conduct and that the defendant was adversely affected by the frivolous conduct, the court shall award in accordance with section 2323.51 of the Revised Code reasonable attorney's fees to the defendant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.06
§ 2329.06. Lien of a judgment when action removed to supreme court
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a certificate is filed as provided in section 2329.02 of the Revised Code, the lien of a judgment of the court of common pleas in an action which is appealed by the judgment debtor to the court of appeals and thence removed into the supreme court shall not thereby be divested or vacated, but shall be continued until the final determination of the action in the supreme court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2337.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2337 / § 2337.12
§ 2337.12. Effect of currency revalorization
Status: in_force

July 20, 1994 House Bill 292 - 120th General Assembly (A) If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes a new money in place of that money, the obligation or the loss is treated as if expressed or incurred in the new money at the rate of conversion the issuing country establishes for the payment of like obligations or losses denominated in the former money. (B) If substitution under division (A) of this section occurs after a judgment or award is entered on a foreign-money claim, the court or arbitrator shall amend the judgment or award by a like conversion of the former money.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.112 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.112
§ 2305.112. Actions based on identity fraud
Status: in_force

September 16, 2014 House Bill 488 - 130th General Assembly A civil action brought pursuant to division (A) of section 2307.60 of the Revised Code when the person filing the action is injured in person or property by a violation of division (B), (D), or (E) of section 2913.49 of the Revised Code shall be commenced within five years from the date on which the identity of the offender was discovered or reasonably should have been discovered.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2315 / § 2315.21
§ 2315.21. Punitive or exemplary damages
Status: in_force

April 15, 2021 House Bill 352 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury or loss to person or property. (a) "Tort action" includes all of the following: (i) A product liability claim for damages for injury or loss to person or property that is subject to sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code; (ii) A civil action based on an unlawful discriminatory practice relating to employment brought under section 4112.052 of the Revised Code; (iii) A civil action brought under section 4112.14 of the Revised Code. (b) "Tort action" does not include a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (2) "Trier of fact" means the jury or, in a nonjury action, the court. (3) "Home" has the same meaning as in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code. (4) "Employer" includes, but is not limited to, a parent, subsidiary, affiliate, division, or department of the employer. If the employer is an individual, the individual shall be considered an employer under this section only if the subject of the tort action is related to the individual's capacity as an employer. (5) "Small employer" means an employer who employs not more than one hundred persons on a full-time permanent basis, or, if the employer is classified as being in the manufacturing sector by the North American industrial classification system, "small employer" means an employer who employs not more than five hundred persons on a full-time permanent basis. (B)(1) In a tort action that is tried to a jury and in which a plaintiff makes a claim for compensatory damages and a claim for punitive or exemplary damages, upon the motion of any party, the trial of the tort action shall be bifurcated as follows: (a) The initial stage of the trial shall relate only to the presentation of evidence, and a determination by the jury, with respect to whether the plaintiff is entitled to recover compensatory damages for the injury or loss to person or property from the defendant. During this stage, no party to the tort action shall present, and the court shall not permit a party to present, evidence that relates solely to the issue of whether the plaintiff is entitled to recover punitive or exemplary damages for the injury or loss to person or property from the defendant. (b) If the jury determines in the initial stage of the trial that the plaintiff is entitled to recover compensatory damages for the injury or loss to person or property from the defendant, evidence may be presented in the second stage of the trial, and a determination by that jury shall be made, with respect to whether the plaintiff additionally is entitled to recover punitive or exemplary damages for the injury or loss to person or property from the defendant. (2) In a tort action that is tried to a jury and in which a plaintiff makes a claim for both compensatory damages and punitive or exemplary damages, the court shall instruct the jury to return, and the jury shall return, a general verdict and, if that verdict is in favor of the plaintiff, answers to an interrogatory that specifies the total compensatory damages recoverable by the plaintiff from each defendant. (3) In a tort action that is tried to a court and in which a plaintiff makes a claim for both compensatory damages and punitive or exemplary damages, the court shall make its determination with respect to whether the plaintiff is entitled to recover compensatory damages for the injury or loss to person or property from the defendant and, if that determination is in favor of the plaintiff, shall make findings of fact that specify the total compensatory damages recoverable by the plaintiff from the defendant. (C) Subject to division (E) of this section, punitive or exemplary damages are not recoverable from a defendant in question in a tort action unless both of the following apply: (1) The actions or omissions of that defendant demonstrate malice or aggravated or egregious fraud, or that defendant as principal or master knowingly authorized, participated in, or ratified actions or omissions of an agent or servant that so demonstrate. (2) The trier of fact has returned a verdict or has made a determination pursuant to division (B)(2) or (3) of this section of the total compensatory damages recoverable by the plaintiff from that defendant. (D)(1) In a tort action, the trier of fact shall determine the liability of any defendant for punitive or exemplary damages and the amount of those damages. (2) Except as provided in division (D)(6) of this section, all of the following apply regarding any award of punitive or exemplary damages in a tort action: (a) The court shall not enter judgment for punitive or exemplary damages in excess of two times the amount of the compensatory damages awarded to the plaintiff from that defendant, as determined pursuant to division (B)(2) or (3) of this section. (b) If the defendant is a small employer or individual, the court shall not enter judgment for punitive or exemplary damages in excess of the lesser of two times the amount of the compensatory damages awarded to the plaintiff from the defendant or ten per cent of the employer's or individual's net worth when the tort was committed up to a maximum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars, as determined pursuant to division (B)(2) or (3) of this section. (c) Any attorney's fees awarded as a result of a claim for punitive or exemplary damages shall not be considered for purposes of determining the cap on punitive damages. (3) No award of prejudgment interest under division (C)(1) of section 1343.03 of the Revised Code shall include any prejudgment interest on punitive or exemplary damages found by the trier of fact. (4) In a tort action, the burden of proof shall be upon a plaintiff in question, by clear and convincing evidence, to establish that the plaintiff is entitled to recover punitive or exemplary damages. (5)(a) In any tort action, except as provided in division (D)(5)(b) or (6) of this section, punitive or exemplary damages shall not be awarded against a defendant if that defendant files with the court a certified judgment, judgment entries, or other evidence showing that punitive or exemplary damages have already been awarded and have been collected, in any state or federal court, against that defendant based on the same act or course of conduct that is alleged to have caused the injury or loss to person or property for which the plaintiff seeks compensatory damages and that the aggregate of those previous punitive or exemplary damage awards exceeds the maximum amount of punitive or exemplary damages that may be awarded under division (D)(2) of this section against that defendant in the tort action. (b) Notwithstanding division (D)(5)(a) of this section and except as provided in division (D)(6) of this section, punitive or exemplary damages may be awarded against a defendant in either of the following types of tort actions: (i) In subsequent tort actions involving the same act or course of conduct for which punitive or exemplary damages have already been awarded, if the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that the plaintiff will offer new and substantial evidence of previously undiscovered, additional behavior of a type described in division (C) of this section on the part of that defendant, other than the injury or loss for which the plaintiff seeks compensatory damages. In that case, the court shall make specific findings of fact in the record to support its conclusion. The court shall reduce the amount of any punitive or exemplary damages otherwise awardable pursuant to this section by the sum of the punitive or exemplary damages awards previously rendered against that defendant in any state or federal court. The court shall not inform the jury about the court's determination and action under division (D)(5)(b)(i) of this section. (ii) In subsequent tort actions involving the same act or course of conduct for which punitive or exemplary damages have already been awarded, if the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that the total amount of prior punitive or exemplary damages awards was totally insufficient to punish that defendant's behavior of a type described in division (C) of this section and to deter that defendant and others from similar behavior in the future. In that case, the court shall make specific findings of fact in the record to support its conclusion. The court shall reduce the amount of any punitive or exemplary damages otherwise awardable pursuant to this section by the sum of the punitive or exemplary damages awards previously rendered against that defendant in any state or federal court. The court shall not inform the jury about the court's determination and action under division (D)(5)(b)(ii) of this section. (6) Division (D)(2) of this section does not apply to a tort action where the alleged injury, death, or loss to person or property resulted from the defendant acting with one or more of the culpable mental states of purposely and knowingly as described in section 2901.22 of the Revised Code and when the defendant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a criminal offense that is a felony, that had as an element of the offense one or more of the culpable mental states of purposely and knowingly as described in that section, and that is the basis of the tort action. (E) This section does not apply to tort actions against the state in the court of claims, including, but not limited to, tort actions against a state university or college that are subject to division (B)(1) of section 3345.40 of the Revised Code, to tort actions against political subdivisions of this state that are commenced under or are subject to Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, or to the extent that another section of the Revised Code expressly provides any of the following: (1) Punitive or exemplary damages are recoverable from a defendant in question in a tort action on a basis other than that the actions or omissions of that defendant demonstrate malice or aggravated or egregious fraud or on a basis other than that the defendant in question as principal or master knowingly authorized, participated in, or ratified actions or omissions of an agent or servant that so demonstrate. (2) Punitive or exemplary damages are recoverable from a defendant in question in a tort action irrespective of whether the plaintiff in question has adduced proof of actual damages. (3) The burden of proof upon a plaintiff in question to recover punitive or exemplary damages from a defendant in question in a tort action is one other than clear and convincing evidence. (4) Punitive or exemplary damages are not recoverable from a defendant in question in a tort action. (F) If the trier of fact is a jury, the court shall not instruct the jury with respect to the limits on punitive or exemplary damages pursuant to division (D) of this section, and neither counsel for any party or a witness shall inform the jury or potential jurors of those limits. (G) When determining the amount of an award of punitive or exemplary damages against either a home or a residential facility licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code, the trier of fact shall consider all of the following: (1) The ability of the home or residential facility to pay the award of punitive or exemplary damages based on the home's or residential facility's assets, income, and net worth; (2) Whether the amount of punitive or exemplary damages is sufficient to deter future tortious conduct; (3) The financial ability of the home or residential facility, both currently and in the future, to provide accommodations, personal care services, and skilled nursing care.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.584 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.584
§ 2323.584. Filing application for approval in advance of transfer
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 House Bill 223 - 132nd General Assembly (A) A transferee shall file an application under sections 2323.58 to 2323.585 of the Revised Code for the approval in advance of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights in the probate division of the court of common pleas of the county in which the payee resides, except that if the structured settlement agreement was approved by a court of common pleas or other Ohio state court, the application shall be filed in the Ohio state court that approved the structured settlement agreement. (B) The following procedures shall apply to an application for the approval in advance by a court of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under division (A) of this section: (1) The court shall hold a timely hearing on the application. The payee shall appear in person at the hearing unless the court determines that good cause exists to excuse the payee from appearing in person. (2) Not less than twenty days prior to the date set by the court for the hearing on an application filed pursuant to this section, the transferee shall file with the court and shall serve on all interested parties, including a parent or other guardian or authorized legal representative of any interested party who is not legally competent, in the manner prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure for the service of process, a notice of the proposed transfer and the application for its approval in advance. The notice shall include all of the following: (a) A copy of the application; (b) A copy of the transfer agreement; (c) A copy of the disclosure statement provided by the transferee pursuant to section 2323.582 of the Revised Code; (d) The payee's name, age, and county of residence and the number and ages of each of the payee's dependents; (e) A summary of both of the following: (i) Any prior transfers by the payee to the transferee or an affiliate, or through the transferee or an affiliate to an assignee, within the four years preceding the date of the transfer agreement and any proposed transfers by the payee to the transferee or an affiliate, or through the transferee or an affiliate to an assignee, applications for approval of which were denied within the two years preceding the date of the transfer agreement; (ii) Any prior transfers by the payee to any person or entity other than the transferee or an affiliate, or an assignee of the transferee or an affiliate, within the three years preceding the date of the transfer agreement and any prior proposed transfers by the payee to any person or entity other than the transferee or an affiliate, or an assignee of a transferee or affiliate, applications for approval of which were denied within the one year preceding the date of the current transfer agreement, to the extent that the transfers or proposed transfers have been disclosed to the transferee by the payee in writing or otherwise are actually known to the transferee. (f) Notification of the date, time, and place of the hearing on the application; (g) Notification that any interested party may support, oppose, or otherwise respond to the application, either in person or by counsel, by submitting to the court a written response containing the interested party's support of, opposition to, or comments on the application or by participating in the hearing; (h) Notification of the manner of filing a written response to the application and the time within which the response is required to be filed, which time shall be not less than fifteen days after the service of the transferee's notice, in order for the court to consider it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.39
§ 2317.39. Report of investigations conducted by court made available to all parties
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Whenever an investigation into the facts of any case, civil or criminal, pending at the time of such investigation in any court, is made, conducted, or participated in, directly or indirectly, by any court or any department thereof, through public employees, paid private investigators, social workers, friends of the court, or any other persons, and a report of such investigation is prepared for submission to the court, the contents of such report shall not be considered by any judge of the court wherein such case is pending either before the trial of the case or at any stage of the proceedings prior to final disposition thereof, unless the full contents of such report have been made readily available and accessible to all parties to the case or their counsel. The parties or their counsel shall be notified in writing of the fact that an investigation has been made, that a report has been submitted, and that the contents of the report are available for examination. Such notice shall be given at least five days prior to the time the contents of any report are to be considered by any judge of the court wherein the case is pending. In the event that a report following any investigation is prepared for submission orally, such oral report shall be reduced to writing prior to the issuance of notice of the availability of such report for examination. This section does not apply only to the utilization of the contents of such reports as testimony, but shall prevent any judge from familiarizing himself with such contents in any manner unless this section has been fully complied with.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.07
§ 2323.07. Sale of foreclosed property
Status: in_force

September 11, 2008 House Bill 138 - 127th General Assembly When a mortgage is foreclosed or a specific lien enforced, a sale of the property, or a transfer of property pursuant to sections 323.28 , 323.65 to 323.78 , and 5721.19 of the Revised Code, shall be ordered by the court having jurisdiction or the county board of revision with jurisdiction pursuant to section 323.66 of the Revised Code. When the real property to be sold is in one or more tracts, the court may order the officer who makes the sale to subdivide, appraise, and sell them in parcels, or sell any one of the tracts as a whole. When the mortgaged property is situated in more than one county, the court may order the sheriff or master of each county to make sale of the property in the sheriff's or master's county, or may direct one officer to sell the whole. When it consists of a single tract, the court may direct that it be sold as one tract or in separate parcels, and shall direct whether appraisers shall be selected for each county or one set for all; and whether publication of the sale shall be made in all the counties, or in one county only.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.12
§ 2313.12. Obligation to serve as juror
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly It is the policy of this state that every qualified citizen has an obligation to serve on petit juries when summoned by the courts of this state unless the citizen is excused as provided in Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2315 / § 2315.18
§ 2315.18. Compensatory damages in tort actions - factors excluded - findings or interrogatories
Status: in_force

April 15, 2021 House Bill 352 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in section 2315.19 of the Revised Code: (1) "Asbestos claim" has the same meaning as in section 2307.91 of the Revised Code. (2) "Economic loss" means any of the following types of pecuniary harm: (a) All wages, salaries, or other compensation lost as a result of an injury or loss to person or property that is a subject of a tort action; (b) All expenditures for medical care or treatment, rehabilitation services, or other care, treatment, services, products, or accommodations as a result of an injury or loss to person or property that is a subject of a tort action; (c) Any other expenditures incurred as a result of an injury or loss to person or property that is a subject of a tort action, other than attorney's fees incurred in connection with that action. (3) "Medical claim," "dental claim," "optometric claim," and "chiropractic claim" have the same meanings as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. (4) "Noneconomic loss" means nonpecuniary harm that results from an injury or loss to person or property that is a subject of a tort action, including, but not limited to, pain and suffering, loss of society, consortium, companionship, care, assistance, attention, protection, advice, guidance, counsel, instruction, training, or education, disfigurement, mental anguish, and any other intangible loss. (5) "Occurrence" means all claims resulting from or arising out of any one person's bodily injury. (6) "Product liability claim" has the same meaning as in section 2307.71 of the Revised Code. (7) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury or loss to person or property. "Tort action" includes a civil action upon a product liability claim or an asbestos claim, a civil action based on an unlawful discriminatory practice relating to employment brought under section 4112.052 of the Revised Code, and a civil action brought under section 4112.14 of the Revised Code. "Tort action" does not include a civil action upon a medical claim, dental claim, optometric claim, or chiropractic claim or a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (8) "Trier of fact" means the jury or, in a nonjury action, the court. (B) In a tort action to recover damages for injury or loss to person or property, all of the following apply: (1) There shall not be any limitation on the amount of compensatory damages that represents the economic loss of the person who is awarded the damages in the tort action. (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(3) of this section, the amount of compensatory damages that represents damages for noneconomic loss that is recoverable in a tort action under this section to recover damages for injury or loss to person or property shall not exceed the greater of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or an amount that is equal to three times the economic loss, as determined by the trier of fact, of the plaintiff in that tort action to a maximum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars for each plaintiff in that tort action or a maximum of five hundred thousand dollars for each occurrence that is the basis of that tort action. (3) There shall not be any limitation on the amount of compensatory damages that represents damages for noneconomic loss that is recoverable in a tort action to recover damages for injury or loss to person or property if the noneconomic losses of the plaintiff are for either of the following: (a) Permanent and substantial physical deformity, loss of use of a limb, or loss of a bodily organ system; (b) Permanent physical functional injury that permanently prevents the injured person from being able to independently care for self and perform life-sustaining activities. (C) In determining an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss in a tort action, the trier of fact shall not consider any of the following: (1) Evidence of a defendant's alleged wrongdoing, misconduct, or guilt; (2) Evidence of the defendant's wealth or financial resources; (3) All other evidence that is offered for the purpose of punishing the defendant, rather than offered for a compensatory purpose. (D) If a trial is conducted in a tort action to recover damages for injury or loss to person or property and a plaintiff prevails in that action, the court in a nonjury trial shall make findings of fact, and the jury in a jury trial shall return a general verdict accompanied by answers to interrogatories, that shall specify all of the following: (1) The total compensatory damages recoverable by the plaintiff; (2) The portion of the total compensatory damages that represents damages for economic loss; (3) The portion of the total compensatory damages that represents damages for noneconomic loss. (E)(1) After the trier of fact in a tort action to recover damages for injury or loss to person or property complies with division (D) of this section, the court shall enter a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for compensatory damages for economic loss in the amount determined pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section, and, subject to division (F)(1) of this section, the court shall enter a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for compensatory damages for noneconomic loss. Except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, in no event shall a judgment for compensatory damages for noneconomic loss exceed the maximum recoverable amount that represents damages for noneconomic loss as provided in division (B)(2) of this section. Division (B) of this section shall be applied in a jury trial only after the jury has made its factual findings and determination as to the damages. (2) Prior to the trial in the tort action described in division (D) of this section, any party may seek summary judgment with respect to the nature of the alleged injury or loss to person or property, seeking a determination of the damages as described in division (B)(2) of this section. (F)(1) A court of common pleas has no jurisdiction to enter judgment on an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss in excess of the limits set forth in this section. (2) If the trier of fact is a jury, the court shall not instruct the jury with respect to the limit on compensatory damages for noneconomic loss described in division (B)(2) of this section, and neither counsel for any party nor a witness shall inform the jury or potential jurors of that limit. (G) With respect to a tort action to which division (B)(2) of this section applies, any excess amount of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss that is greater than the applicable amount specified in division (B)(2) of this section shall not be reallocated to any other tortfeasor beyond the amount of compensatory damages that the tortfeasor would otherwise be responsible for under the laws of this state. (H) This section does not apply to any of the following: (1) Tort actions that are brought against the state in the court of claims, including, but not limited to, those actions in which a state university or college is a defendant and to which division (B)(3) of section 3345.40 of the Revised Code applies; (2) Tort actions that are brought against political subdivisions of this state and that are commenced under or are subject to Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code. Division (C) of section 2744.05 of the Revised Code applies to recoverable damages in those actions. (3) Wrongful death actions brought pursuant to Chapter 2125. of the Revised Code. (I) If the provisions regarding the limits on compensatory damages for noneconomic loss set forth in division (B)(2) of this section have been determined to be unconstitutional, then division (C) of this section and section 2315.19 of the Revised Code shall govern the determination of an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss in a tort action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.56
§ 2323.56. Periodic payments of future damages
Status: in_force

April 11, 2003 Senate Bill 281 - 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Economic loss" means any of the following types of pecuniary harm: (a) All wages, salaries, or other compensation lost as a result of an injury to person that is a subject of a tort action; (b) All expenditures for medical care or treatment, rehabilitation services, or other care, treatment, services, products, or accommodations as a result of an injury to person that is a subject of a tort action; (c) Any other expenditures incurred as a result of an injury to person that is a subject of a tort action. (2) "Future damages" means any damages that result from an injury to person that is a subject of a tort action and that will accrue after the verdict or determination of liability by the trier of fact is rendered in that tort action. (3) "Medical claim," "dental claim," "optometric claim," and "chiropractic claim" have the same meanings as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. (4) "Noneconomic loss" means nonpecuniary harm that results from an injury to person that is a subject of a tort action, including, but not limited to, pain and suffering, loss of society, consortium, companionship, care, assistance, attention, protection, advice, guidance, counsel, instruction, training, or education, mental anguish, and any other intangible loss. (5) "Past damages" means any damages that result from an injury to person that is a subject of a tort action and that have accrued by the time that the verdict or determination of liability by the trier of fact is rendered in that tort action, and any punitive or exemplary damages awarded. (6) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury to person. "Tort action" includes a product liability claim for damages for injury to person that is subject to sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code, but does not include a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (7) "Trier of fact" means the jury or, in a nonjury action, the court. (B)(1) In any tort action that is tried to a jury and in which a plaintiff makes a good faith claim against the defendant in question for future damages that exceed two hundred thousand dollars, upon motion of that plaintiff or the defendant in question, the court shall instruct the jury to return, and the jury shall return, a general verdict and, if that verdict is in favor of that plaintiff, answers to interrogatories that shall specify all of the following: (a) The past damages recoverable by that plaintiff; (b) The future damages recoverable by that plaintiff, and the portions of those future damages that represent each of the following: (i) Noneconomic loss; (ii) Economic loss; (iii) Economic loss as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section; (iv) Economic loss as described in division (A)(1)(b) of this section; (v) Economic loss as described in division (A)(1)(c) of this section. (2) In any tort action that is tried to a court and in which a plaintiff makes a good faith claim against the defendant in question for future damages that exceed two hundred thousand dollars, upon motion of that plaintiff or the defendant in question, the court shall make its determination in the action and, if that determination is in favor of that plaintiff, make findings of fact that shall specify damages as provided in division (B)(1) of this section. (C) If answers to interrogatories are returned or findings of fact are made pursuant to division (B) of this section and if the total of the portions of the future damages described in divisions (B)(1)(b)(i), (iv), and (v) of this section exceeds both two hundred thousand dollars and twenty-five per cent of the total of the damages described in divisions (B)(1)(a) and (b) of this section, the plaintiff or defendant in question may file a motion with the court that seeks a determination under division (D) of this section. Such a motion shall be filed at any time after the verdict or determination in favor of the plaintiff in question is rendered by the trier of fact but prior to the entry of judgment in accordance with Civil Rule 58. (D)(1) Upon the filing of a motion pursuant to division (C) of this section and prior to the entry of judgment in accordance with Civil Rule 58, the court shall do all of the following: (a) Set a date for a hearing to address whether all or any part of the total of the portions of the future damages described in divisions (B)(1)(b)(i), (iv), and (v) of this section shall be received by the plaintiff in question in a series of periodic payments rather than in a lump sum; (b) Give notice of the date of the hearing described in division (D)(1)(a) of this section to the parties involved and their counsel of record; (c) Conduct the hearing described in division (D)(1)(a) of this section, allow the parties involved to present any relevant evidence at the hearing, consider the factors described in division (D)(2) of this section in making its determination, and make its determination in accordance with division (D)(3) of this section. (2) In determining whether all or any part of the total of the portions of the future damages described in divisions (B)(1)(b)(i), (iv), and (v) of this section shall be received by the plaintiff in question in a series of periodic payments rather than in a lump sum, the court shall consider all of the following factors: (a) The purposes for which those portions of the future damages were awarded to that plaintiff; (b) The business or occupational experience of that plaintiff; (c) The age of that plaintiff; (d) The physical and mental condition of that plaintiff; (e) Whether that plaintiff or the parent, guardian, or custodian of that plaintiff is able to competently manage those portions of the future damages; (f) Any other circumstance that relates to whether the injury sustained by that plaintiff would be better compensated by the payment of those portions of the future damages in a lump sum or by their receipt in a series of periodic payments. (3) After the hearing described in division (D)(1) of this section and prior to the entry of judgment in accordance with Civil Rule 58, the court shall determine, in its discretion, whether all or any part of the total of the portions of the future damages described in divisions (B)(1)(b)(i), (iv), and (v) of this section shall be received by the plaintiff in question in a series of periodic payments rather than in a lump sum. If the court determines that a series of periodic payments shall be received by that plaintiff, it may order such payments only as to the amount of that total that exceeds both two hundred thousand dollars and twenty-five per cent of the total of the damages described in divisions (B)(1)(a) and (b) of this section. (E)(1)(a) If the court determines pursuant to division (D) of this section that a series of periodic payments shall be received by the plaintiff in question, then, within twenty days after the court so determines, that plaintiff shall submit a periodic payments plan to the court. Such a plan may include, but is not limited to, a provision for a trust or an annuity, and may be submitted by that plaintiff alone or by that plaintiff and the defendant in question. (b) If that defendant and that plaintiff do not jointly submit a periodic payments plan, then, within twenty days after the court makes its determination pursuant to division (D) of this section that a series of periodic payments shall be received by that plaintiff, that defendant may submit to the court a periodic payments plan. If that defendant does so, it may include, but is not limited to, a provision for a trust or an annuity. (c) If that defendant and that plaintiff do not jointly submit a periodic payments plan and if that defendant does not separately submit such a plan pursuant to division (E)(1)(b) of this section, then, within ten days after that plaintiff submits such a plan, that defendant may submit to the court written comments relative to the periodic payments plan of that plaintiff. If that defendant and that plaintiff do not jointly submit a periodic payments plan and if that defendant separately submits such a plan pursuant to division (E)(1)(b) of this section, then, within ten days after that defendant submits such a plan, that plaintiff may submit to the court written comments relative to the periodic payments plan of that defendant. (d) The court, in its discretion, may modify, approve, or reject any submitted periodic payments plan. In approving any periodic payments plan, the court shall take into consideration interest on the judgment in question, in accordance with section 1343.03 of the Revised Code. Additionally, in approving any periodic payments plan, the court is not required to ensure that payments under the periodic payments plan are equal in amount or that the total amount paid each year under the periodic payments plan is equal in amount to the total amount paid in other years under the plan; rather, a periodic payments plan may provide for payments to be made in irregular or varied amounts, or to be graduated upward or downward in amount over the duration of the periodic payments plan. (e) The court shall include in any approved periodic payments plan adequate security to insure that the plaintiff in question will receive all of the periodic payments under that plan. If the approved periodic payments plan includes a provision for an annuity as the adequate security or otherwise, the defendant in question shall purchase the annuity from either of the following types of insurance companies: (i) An insurance company that the A.M. Best Company, in its most recently published rating guide of life insurance companies, has rated A or better and has rated XII or higher as to financial size or strength; (ii) An insurance company that the superintendent of insurance, under rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for purposes of implementing this division, determines is licensed to do business in this state and, considering the factors described in this division, is a stable insurance company that issues annuities that are safe and desirable. In making determinations as described in this division, the superintendent shall be guided by the principle that annuities should be safe and desirable for plaintiffs who are awarded damages. In making such determinations, the superintendent shall consider the financial condition, general standing, operating results, profitability, leverage, liquidity, amount and soundness of reinsurance, adequacy of reserves, and the management of any insurance company in question and also may consider ratings, grades, and classifications of any nationally recognized rating services of insurance companies and any other factors relevant to the making of such determinations. (f) If a periodic payments plan provides for periodic payments over a period of five years or more to the plaintiff in question, the court, in its discretion, may include in the approved periodic payments plan a provision in which it reserves to itself continuing jurisdiction over that plan, including jurisdiction to review and modify that plan. (g) After a periodic payments plan is approved, the future damages that are to be received in periodic payments shall be paid in accordance with the plan, including, if applicable, payment over to a trust or annuity provided for in the plan. (2) If the court determines pursuant to division (D) of this section that a series of periodic payments shall not be received by the plaintiff in question, the future damages described in divisions (B)(1)(b)(i), (iv), and (v) of this section shall be paid in a lump sum. (3) The court shall specify in the entry of judgment in the tort action the determination made pursuant to division (D) of this section and, if applicable, the terms of any approved periodic payments plan. (F) If a court orders a series of periodic payments of future damages in accordance with this section, the following rules shall govern those payments if the plaintiff in question dies prior to the receipt of all of them: (1) The liability for the portion of those payments that represents future economic loss as described in division (B)(1)(b)(iv) of this section and that is not due at the time of the death of that plaintiff shall cease at that time; (2) The liability for the portion of those payments that represents future noneconomic loss of that plaintiff as described in division (B)(1)(b)(i) of this section and that is not due at the time of the death of that plaintiff shall continue, but the payments shall be paid to the heirs of that plaintiff as scheduled in and otherwise in accordance with the approved periodic payments plan or, if the plan does not contain a relevant provision, as the court shall order; (3) The liability for the portion of those payments not described in division (F)(1) or (2) of this section shall continue, but the payments shall be paid as described in division (F)(2) of this section. (G)(1) Nothing in this section precludes a plaintiff in question and a defendant in question from mutually agreeing to a settlement of the action. (2) Except to the extent provided in divisions (A) to (F) of this section, nothing in those divisions increases the time for filing any motion or notice of appeal or taking any other action relative to a tort action, alters the amount of any verdict or determination of damages by the trier of fact in a tort action, or alters the liability of any party to pay or satisfy any such verdict or determination. (H) This section does not apply to tort actions against political subdivisions of this state that are commenced under or are subject to Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code or to tort actions against the state in the court of claims. This section also does not apply to a tort or other civil action upon a medical claim, dental claim, optometric claim, or chiropractic claim, and instead such an action shall be subject to section 2323.55 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.89 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.89
§ 2307.89. Silicosis or mixed dust disease claim against premises owner
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The following apply to all tort actions for silicosis or mixed dust disease claims brought against a premises owner to recover damages or other relief for exposure to silica or mixed dust on the premises owner's property: (A) A premises owner is not liable for any injury to any individual resulting from silica or mixed dust exposure unless that individual's alleged exposure occurred while the individual was at the premises owner's property. (B) If exposure to silica or mixed dust is alleged to have occurred before January 1, 1972, it is presumed that a premises owner knew that this state had adopted safe levels of exposure for silica or mixed dust and that products containing silica or mixed dust were used on its property only at levels below those safe levels of exposure. To rebut this presumption, the plaintiff must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the premises owner knew or should have known that the levels of silica or mixed dust in the immediate breathing zone of the plaintiff regularly exceeded the threshold limit values adopted by this state and that the premises owner allowed that condition to persist. (C)(1) A premises owner is presumed to be not liable for any injury to any invitee who was engaged to work with, install, or remove products containing silica or mixed dust on the premises owner's property if the invitee's employer held itself out as qualified to perform the work. To rebut this presumption, the plaintiff must demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the premises owner had actual knowledge of the potential dangers of the products containing silica or mixed dust at the time of the alleged exposure that was superior to the knowledge of both the invitee and the invitee's employer. (2) A premises owner that hired a contractor before January 1, 1972, to perform the type of work at the premises owner's property that the contractor was qualified to perform cannot be liable for any injury to any individual resulting from silica or mixed dust exposure caused by any of the contractor's employees or agents on the premises owner's property unless the premises owner directed the activity that resulted in the injury or gave or denied permission for the critical acts that led to the individual's injury. (3) If exposure to silica or mixed dust is alleged to have occurred after January 1, 1972, a premises owner is not liable for any injury to any individual resulting from that exposure caused by a contractor's employee or agent on the premises owner's property unless the plaintiff establishes the premises owner's intentional violation of an established safety standard that was in effect at the time of the exposure and that the alleged violation was in the plaintiff's breathing zone and was the proximate cause of the plaintiff's medical condition. (D) As used in this section: (1) "Threshold limit values" means the maximum allowable concentration of silica, or other dust, set forth in regulation 247 of the "regulations for the prevention and control of diseases resulting from exposure to toxic fumes, vapors, mists, gases, and dusts in order to preserve and protect the public health," as adopted by the former public health council of the department of health on January 1, 1947, and set forth by the industrial commission of Ohio in bulletin no. 203, "specific requirements and general safety standards of the industrial commission of Ohio for work shops and factories, chapter XV, ventilation and exhausts," effective January 3, 1955. (2) "Established safety standard" means that, for the years after 1971, the concentration of silica or mixed dust in the breathing zone of the worker does not exceed the maximum allowable exposure limits for the eight-hour time-weighted average airborne concentration as promulgated by the occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) in effect at the time of the alleged exposure. (3) "Employee" means an individual who performs labor or provides construction services pursuant to a construction contract, as defined in section 4123.79 of the Revised Code, or a remodeling or repair contract, whether written or oral, if at least ten of the following criteria apply: (a) The individual is required to comply with instructions from the other contracting party regarding the manner or method of performing services. (b) The individual is required by the other contracting party to have particular training. (c) The individual's services are integrated into the regular functioning of the other contracting party. (d) The individual is required to perform the work personally. (e) The individual is hired, supervised, or paid by the other contracting party. (f) A continuing relationship exists between the individual and the other contracting party that contemplates continuing or recurring work even if the work is not full time. (g) The individual's hours of work are established by the other contracting party. (h) The individual is required to devote full time to the business of the other contracting party. (i) The individual is required to perform the work on the premises of the other contracting party. (j) The individual is required to follow the order of work set by the other contracting party. (k) The individual is required to make oral or written reports of progress to the other contracting party. (l) The individual is paid for services on a regular basis, including hourly, weekly, or monthly. (m) The individual's expenses are paid for by the other contracting party. (n) The individual's tools and materials are furnished by the other contracting party. (o) The individual is provided with the facilities used to perform services. (p) The individual does not realize a profit or suffer a loss as a result of the services provided. (q) The individual is not performing services for a number of employers at the same time. (r) The individual does not make the same services available to the general public. (s) The other contracting party has a right to discharge the individual. (t) The individual has the right to end the relationship with the other contracting party without incurring liability pursuant to an employment contract or agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2325.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2325 / § 2325.17
§ 2325.17. Time a lien attaches when a dormant judgment is revived
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If sufficient cause is not shown to the contrary, the judgment or finding mentioned in section 2325.15 of the Revised Code shall stand revived, and thereafter may be made to operate as a lien upon the lands and tenements of each judgment debtor for the amount which the court finds to be due and unsatisfied thereon to the same extent and in the same manner as judgments or findings rendered in any other action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.11
§ 2329.11. Order in which officer to make levy
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The officer to whom a writ of execution is delivered shall proceed immediately to levy it upon the goods and chattels of the debtor. If no goods and chattels can be found, the officer shall indorse on the execution the words "no goods," and forthwith levy it upon the lands and tenements of the debtor which are liable to satisfy the judgment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.02
§ 2305.02. Wrongful imprisonment claim
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 411 - 132nd General Assembly The court of common pleas in the county where the underlying criminal action was initiated has exclusive, original jurisdiction to hear and determine an action or proceeding that is commenced by an individual who satisfies divisions (A)(1) to (5) of section 2743.48 of the Revised Code and that seeks a determination by the court that an error in procedure of the type described in division (A)(5) of that section occurred, that the offense of which the individual was found guilty, including all lesser included offenses, was not committed by the individual, or that no offense was committed by any person. If the court enters the requested determination, it shall comply with division (B) of that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.34
§ 2307.34. Cause of action for contribution in favor of primary insurer against secondary insurer
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 Senate Bill 20 - 120th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Leased motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is the subject of a lease agreement governed by Chapter 4901:2-3 of the Ohio Administrative Code or 49 C.F.R. 1057. (2) "Nontrucking activity," as used in relation to the operation of a leased motor vehicle, means any of the following: (a) Any operation of the leased motor vehicle that is not for the benefit of the lessee; (b) Any operation of the leased motor vehicle by anyone other than an operator who previously has been qualified and authorized by the lessee or authorized agents of the lessee to operate the vehicle; (c) Any operation of the leased motor vehicle for the purpose of conducting any personal or business affairs of the vehicle owner or his agents or employees, if the operation results in a diversion of the vehicle, while transporting property for the lessee, from its normal or reasonable route between its point of origin and point of destination and all scheduled pick-up or delivery stops en route thereto; (d) Any operation of the leased vehicle by any person to transport property without the prior knowledge and consent of the lessee. (3) "Primary insurer," as used in relation to the operation of a leased motor vehicle, means an insurance company authorized to do business in this state that issues or delivers a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance to a motor carrier authorized by the public utilities commission to conduct operations in this state. (4) "Secondary insurer," as used in relation to the operation of a leased motor vehicle, means an insurance company authorized to do business in this state that issues or delivers a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance to the owner of a motor vehicle leased to a motor carrier authorized by the public utilities commission to conduct operations in this state. (B) A cause of action for contribution in favor of a primary insurer against a secondary insurer exists if all of the following apply: (1) The primary insurer issues a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance to a motor carrier to pay any final judgment recovered against the motor carrier for the death of any person or an injury to or loss to person or property of any person resulting from the negligent operation, maintenance, or use of motor vehicles displaying the identification placards of the motor carrier, as required by the interstate commerce commission or the public utilities commission; (2) The motor carrier enters into a lease agreement with the owner of a motor vehicle not owned by the motor carrier, that provides that an operator not employed by the motor carrier will, during the duration of the lease, operate the motor vehicle in service to the motor carrier and will display on the motor vehicle the required identification placards; (3) Due to the negligent operation by the operator of the leased motor vehicle an accident involving the leased motor vehicle occurs while the operator is engaged in a nontrucking activity, resulting in the death of any person or in an injury to or loss to person or property of any person, and the operator is not an employee of the motor carrier; (4) The primary insurer pays a final judgment to compensate a party for the death of any person as the result of the accident or for an injury or loss to person or property of the party as the result of the accident; (5) At the time of the accident, a secondary insurer had issued to the owner of the motor vehicle a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance to pay any final judgment recovered against the owner for the death of any person or an injury to or loss to person or property of any person resulting from the negligent operation, maintenance, or use of the motor vehicle while it is being operated during a nontrucking activity. (C) No motor carrier authorized by the public utilities commission to conduct operations in this state shall be liable in civil damages for any death, injury, or loss caused by a motor vehicle not owned by the motor carrier, or caused by an operator not employed by the motor carrier, unless the motor vehicle is being operated in service of the motor carrier pursuant to a valid lease agreement at the time the injury or damage occurs. The unauthorized display of a motor carrier's name on a motor vehicle not owned by the motor carrier shall not be grounds for imposing any civil liability on the motor carrier.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.582 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.582
§ 2323.582. Contents and form of disclosure statement
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 House Bill 223 - 132nd General Assembly Not less than ten days prior to the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate disclosure statement, in boldface type of the minimum size of fourteen points, setting forth all of the following: (A) The amounts and due dates of the structured settlement payments that would be transferred under the transfer agreement; (B) The aggregate amount of the payments described in division (A) of this section; (C) The discounted present value of the payments described in division (A) of this section, which shall be identified as the "calculation of current value of the transferred structured settlement payments under federal standards for valuing annuities," and the amount of the applicable federal rate used in determining the discounted present value; (D) The gross advance amount; (E) An itemized listing of all applicable transfer expenses, other than attorneys' fees and related disbursements payable in connection with the transferee's application for approval of the transfer, and the transferee's best estimate of the amount of any such fees and disbursements; (F) The net advance amount; (G) The effective annual interest rate, which shall be disclosed as follows: "On the basis of the net amount that you will receive from us and the amounts and timing of the structured settlement payments that you are transferring to us, you will, in effect, be paying interest to us at a rate of ___________ per cent per year"; (H) The aggregate amount of any penalty or liquidated damages payable by the payee in the event of any breach of the transfer agreement by the payee; (I) That the payee has the right to cancel the transfer agreement, without penalty or further obligation, not later than the third business day after the date the agreement is signed by the payee; (J) That the payee has the right to seek and receive independent professional advice regarding the proposed transfer and should consider doing so before agreeing to transfer any structured settlement payment rights.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.32
§ 2323.32. Rule as to executors and administrators
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 2323.30 and 2323.31 of the Revised Code do not require administrators or executors to give security for costs in any suit commenced or prosecuted by them in the county in which they have been appointed or qualified, and in which they have given bond as such.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.01
§ 2335.01. Fees of commissioners and appraisers
Status: in_force

September 14, 1961 House Bill 389 - 104th General Assembly Each commissioner appointed to make partition of lands or to assign dower, for the time so engaged, and in going to and returning from such lands, shall receive not to exceed ten dollars each, per parcel of land, as the court determines. A parcel of personal property is to include all the articles included in one action, execution, replevin, or attachment. Each person called by an officer to appraise real or personal property, on execution, replevin, or attachment, or to fix the value of exempt property shall receive not more than ten dollars per parcel and necessary expenses, provided, that in the appraisal of real estate the court may fix compensation at more than ten dollars per parcel.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.40
§ 2317.40. Records as evidence
Status: in_force

September 16, 1957 House Bill 702 - 102nd General Assembly As used in this section "business" includes every kind of business, profession, occupation, calling, or operation of institutions, whether carried on for profit or not. A record of an act, condition, or event, in so far as relevant, is competent evidence if the custodian or the person who made such record or under whose supervision such record was made testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation, and if it was made in the regular course of business, at or near the time of the act, condition, or event, and if, in the opinion of the court, the sources of information, method, and time of preparation were such as to justify its admission. This section shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make the law of this state uniform with those states which enact similar legislation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.25
§ 2329.25. Property to be sold without valuation
Status: in_force

January 1, 1958 House Bill 937 - 102nd General Assembly If the property of a clerk of the court of common pleas, sheriff, coroner, county court judge, or constable, or of a collector of state, county, municipal corporation, or township taxes, is levied on, for or on account of money by him collected or received in his official capacity, the property so levied on shall be sold without valuation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.23
§ 2323.23. Record made unless waived
Status: in_force

August 6, 1976 House Bill 390 - 111th General Assembly Except as provided in section 2323.26 of the Revised Code, the clerk shall make a complete record of every cause as soon as it is finally determined when ordered on the journal to do so, unless such record, or some part thereof, is waived. The clerk shall make up such record in each cause when so ordered.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2315 / § 2315.04
§ 2315.04. Duty of officer in charge of jury
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The officer in whose charge the jury is placed, as provided in section 2315.03 of the Revised Code, shall not communicate with them, nor allow anyone else to do so, unless by order of the court, except to ask if they have agreed upon their verdict. Such officer, before their verdict is rendered, shall not communicate to any person the state of their deliberations or the verdict agreed upon.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.96 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.96
§ 2307.96. Asbestos claim - multiple defendants - substantial factor test
Status: in_force

September 2, 2004 House Bill 292 - 125th General Assembly (A) If a plaintiff in a tort action alleges any injury or loss to person resulting from exposure to asbestos as a result of the tortious act of one or more defendants, in order to maintain a cause of action against any of those defendants based on that injury or loss, the plaintiff must prove that the conduct of that particular defendant was a substantial factor in causing the injury or loss on which the cause of action is based. (B) A plaintiff in a tort action who alleges any injury or loss to person resulting from exposure to asbestos has the burden of proving that the plaintiff was exposed to asbestos that was manufactured, supplied, installed, or used by the defendant in the action and that the plaintiff's exposure to the defendant's asbestos was a substantial factor in causing the plaintiff's injury or loss. In determining whether exposure to a particular defendant's asbestos was a substantial factor in causing the plaintiff's injury or loss, the trier of fact in the action shall consider, without limitation, all of the following: (1) The manner in which the plaintiff was exposed to the defendant's asbestos; (2) The proximity of the defendant's asbestos to the plaintiff when the exposure to the defendant's asbestos occurred; (3) The frequency and length of the plaintiff's exposure to the defendant's asbestos; (4) Any factors that mitigated or enhanced the plaintiff's exposure to asbestos. (C) This section applies only to tort actions that allege any injury or loss to person resulting from exposure to asbestos and that are brought on or after the effective date of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.09
§ 2335.09. Interpreter
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 House Bill 309 - 130th General Assembly Whenever, in any criminal proceeding or prosecution for the violation of an ordinance, or in a hearing before a coroner, an interpreter is necessary, the judge, magistrate, or coroner may appoint interpreters, who shall receive fees as witnesses in the case or proceeding. Such fees shall be taxed and paid as provided by sections 2335.05 to 2335.08 of the Revised Code for other witness fees. If the party taxed with costs is indigent, interpreter's fees shall not be taxed as costs, and the county or, if the court is a municipal court that is not a county-operated municipal court, the municipal corporation in which the court is located shall pay the interpreter's fees. This section shall not apply if, by law, an interpreter is otherwise provided.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.70
§ 2329.70. Application for appointment of trustee
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 Senate Bill 170 - 122nd General Assembly Any person upon whom a demand has been made in accordance with section 2716.02 of the Revised Code may apply to any judge of a county court or judge of a municipal court within this state in whose jurisdiction the person resides or, if the person is not a resident of this state, in whose jurisdiction the person's place of employment is located for the appointment of a trustee to receive that portion of the personal earnings of the debtor that is not exempt from execution, garnishment, attachment, or proceedings in aid of execution and any additional sums that the debtor voluntarily pays or assigns to the trustee. The person shall file with the person's application a full, accurate, and complete statement, under oath, of the names of the person's secured and unsecured creditors with liquidated claims, their addresses, and the amount due to each of them. Upon that application and filing, the judge shall appoint a trustee to distribute the funds to the creditors of the debtor at the time of the application and filing. If a debtor fails, through mistake or otherwise, to list a creditor, that creditor or debtor may apply to the court, with notice to the other party, to list the omitted creditor in the trusteeship. Any person who becomes a creditor after the appointment of a trustee may be listed in the trusteeship, and that creditor shall share in any distribution made by the trustee after the next ensuing distribution. No proceedings in garnishment, attachment, or aid of execution or other action or proceeding to subject the personal earnings of the debtor to the payment of claims shall be brought or maintained by any creditor as long as at least the amount of the personal earnings of the debtor that is not exempt from execution, garnishment, attachment, or proceedings in aid of execution is paid to the trustee at regular intervals as fixed by the county court judge or the municipal court judge. This section does not prohibit creditors from recovering judgment against the debtor or prohibit levy, under a writ of attachment or execution, upon any other property that is not exempt from execution. The maintaining of proceedings in garnishment, attachment, aid of execution, or otherwise in violation of this section is prohibited and may be prevented by a writ of prohibition in addition to all other remedies provided by law. The judge of the county court or municipal court shall provide by rule or otherwise for notice to creditors, the authentication and proof of claims, the time and manner of payment by the debtor, the distribution of funds, the bond of the trustee if required, and all other matters necessary or proper to carry into effect the jurisdiction conferred by this section. The personal earnings of the debtor that are exempted by law shall not be liable to the plaintiff for the costs of any proceedings brought to recover a judgment for debt, damage, fine, or amercement or for the costs of any proceedings in garnishment, attachment, or aid of execution to satisfy that judgment, if the debtor has listed that creditor as to name, amount of that creditor's claim, and the amount due on that claim and makes payment as provided for in this section. Upon an application for a trustee, a judge of the court in which the application is made shall designate the clerk of the court to act as trustee, and the clerk shall serve as trustee without additional compensation. The clerk's official bond shall be construed as conditioned upon the fulfillment of the trust, and no additional bond shall be required. The trusteeship shall terminate upon the failure of the debtor to make the payments required by this section in accordance with the rules established by the county court or municipal court. The privileges conferred by this section that exempt that debtor's personal earnings from proceedings in garnishment, attachment, or aid of execution or any other action or proceeding to subject the personal earnings of that debtor to the payment of claims or judgments shall terminate upon that neglect. If a trusteeship is dismissed for nonpayment as provided by this section, the trusteeship shall not be reinstated, and the debtor shall not be permitted to file for a new trusteeship for a period of six months from date of the dismissal of the trusteeship, unless, upon motion supported by affidavit, the debtor proves to the satisfaction of the court that the failure to maintain the trusteeship agreement was not due to willful neglect.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.117 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.117
§ 2305.117. Action upon a legal malpractice claim
Status: in_force

June 2, 2021 House Bill 133, Senate Bill 13 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an action upon a legal malpractice claim against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued. (B) Except as to persons within the age of minority or of unsound mind as provided by section 2305.16 of the Revised Code, and except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, both of the following apply: (1) No action upon a legal malpractice claim against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association shall be commenced more than four years after the occurrence of the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the legal malpractice claim. (2) If an action upon a legal malpractice claim against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association is not commenced within four years after the occurrence of the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the claim, then, any action upon that claim is barred. (C)(1) If a person making a legal malpractice claim against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association, in the exercise of reasonable care and diligence, could not have discovered the injury resulting from the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the claim within three years after the occurrence of the act or omission, but, in the exercise of reasonable care and diligence, discovers the injury resulting from that act or omission before the expiration of the four-year period specified in division (B)(1) of this section, the person may commence an action upon the claim not later than one year after the person discovers the injury resulting from that act or omission. (2) A person who commences an action upon a legal malpractice claim under the circumstances described in division (C)(1) of this section has the affirmative burden of proving, by clear and convincing evidence, that the person, with reasonable care and diligence, could not have discovered the injury resulting from the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the claim within the three-year period described in that division. (D) An action upon a legal malpractice claim against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association arising from an act or omission related to the attorney's, law firm's, or legal professional association's issuance of an opinion of title issued prior to June 16, 2021, shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued without regard to when the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the legal malpractice claim occurred. Last updated June 15, 2021 at 5:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.10
§ 2329.10. Preference between writs of execution
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When two or more writs of execution against the same debtor are delivered to the officer to whom they are directed on the same day, no preference shall be given to either of such writs. If a sufficient sum of money is not made to satisfy all such executions, the amount made shall be distributed to the several creditors in proportion to the amounts of their respective demands. In all other cases the writ of execution first delivered to the officer shall be the first satisfied. The officer shall indorse on every writ of execution the time when he received it. This section does not affect any preferable lien which a judgment on which execution issued has on the lands of the debtor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.99
§ 2313.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 2313.18 , 2313.19 , or 2313.20 of the Revised Code may be punished as for contempt of court pursuant to Chapter 2705. of the Revised Code. (B) Whoever violates section 2313.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, or both. (C) Any fine assessed for a contempt against a person summoned or who has qualified as a juror may be collected by execution and shall be paid into the county treasury and disbursed as other fines. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.30
§ 2335.30. Table of fees to be posted in office
Status: in_force

September 11, 1961 House Bill 213 - 104th General Assembly Within three months after being elected or appointed to office, each county officer shall make and post, in a conspicuous place in his office, for the inspection by all persons who have business in his office, a table of the fees to which he is entitled.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2315 / § 2315.20
§ 2315.20. Evidence of benefits to plaintiff from collateral sources
Status: in_force

April 7, 2005 Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly (A) In any tort action, the defendant may introduce evidence of any amount payable as a benefit to the plaintiff as a result of the damages that result from an injury, death, or loss to person or property that is the subject of the claim upon which the action is based, except if the source of collateral benefits has a mandatory self-effectuating federal right of subrogation, a contractual right of subrogation, or a statutory right of subrogation or if the source pays the plaintiff a benefit that is in the form of a life insurance payment or a disability payment. However, evidence of the life insurance payment or disability payment may be introduced if the plaintiff's employer paid for the life insurance or disability policy, and the employer is a defendant in the tort action. (B) If the defendant elects to introduce evidence described in division (A) of this section, the plaintiff may introduce evidence of any amount that the plaintiff has paid or contributed to secure the plaintiff's right to receive the benefits of which the defendant has introduced evidence. (C) A source of collateral benefits of which evidence is introduced pursuant to division (A) of this section shall not recover any amount against the plaintiff nor shall it be subrogated to the rights of the plaintiff against a defendant. (D) As used in this section: (1) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property. "Tort action" includes a civil action upon a product liability claim and an asbestos claim. "Tort action" does not include a civil action upon a medical claim, dental claim, optometric claim, or chiropractic claim or a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (2) "Medical claim," "dental claim," "optometric claim," and "chiropractic claim" have the same meanings as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. (3) "Product liability claim" has the same meaning as in section 2307.71 of the Revised Code. (4) "Asbestos claim" has the same meaning as in section 2307.91 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.2341 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.2341
§ 2305.2341. Medical liability insurance reimbursement program
Status: in_force

June 30, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly (A) The medical liability insurance reimbursement program is hereby established. Free clinics and federally qualified health center look-alikes, including the clinics' and centers' staff and volunteer health care professionals and volunteer health care workers, may participate in the medical liability insurance reimbursement program established by this section. The coverage provided under the program shall be limited to claims that arise out of the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients of free clinics and centers, as defined in division (D) of this section. (B) A free clinic or federally qualified health center look-alike is eligible to receive reimbursement under the medical liability insurance reimbursement program for the premiums that the clinic or center pays for medical liability insurance coverage for the clinic or center, its staff, and volunteer health care professionals and health care workers. Free clinics and federally qualified health center look-alikes shall register with the department of health by the thirty-first day of January of each year in order to participate in and to obtain reimbursement under the program. Clinics that register with the department in accordance with this division shall receive priority over centers that register for reimbursement. Free clinics and federally qualified health center look-alikes shall provide all of the following to the department of health at the time of registration: (1) A statement of the number of volunteer and paid health care professionals and health care workers providing health care services at the free clinic or federally qualified health center look-alike at that time; (2) A statement of the number of health care services rendered by the free clinic or federally qualified health center look-alike during the previous fiscal year; (3) A signed form acknowledging that the free clinic or federally qualified health center look-alike agrees to follow its medical liability insurer's risk management and loss prevention policies; (4) A copy of the medical liability insurance policy purchased by the free clinic or federally qualified health center look-alike, or the policy's declaration page, and documentation of the premiums paid by the clinic or center. (C) The department of health shall reimburse free clinics and federally qualified health center look-alikes participating in the professional liability insurance reimbursement program for up to eighty per cent of the premiums that the clinic or center pays for medical liability insurance coverage up to twenty thousand dollars. Appropriations to the department of health may be made from the general fund of the state for this purpose. (D) As used in this section: (1) "Federally qualified health center look-alike" means a public or not-for-profit health center that meets the eligibility requirements to receive a federal public health services grant under the "Public Health Services Act," 117 Stat. 2020, 42 U.S.C. 254b, as amended, but does not receive grant funding. (2) "Free clinic" means a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," as amended, or a program component of a nonprofit organization, whose primary mission is to provide health care services for free or for a minimal administrative fee to individuals with limited resources. A free clinic facilitates the delivery of health care services through the use of volunteer health care professionals and voluntary care networks. For this purpose, a free clinic shall comply with all of the following: (a) If a free clinic does request a minimal administrative fee, a free clinic shall not deny an individual access to its health care services based on an individual's ability to pay the fee. (b) A free clinic shall not bill a patient for health care services rendered. (c) Free clinics shall not perform operations, as defined by divisions (A)(9) and (F)(1)(b) of section 2305.234 of the Revised Code. A clinic is not a free clinic if the clinic bills medicaid, medicare, or other third-party payers for health care services rendered at the clinic, and receives twenty-five per cent or more of the clinic's annual revenue from the third-party payments. (3) "Health care professional" and "health care worker" have the same meanings as in section 2305.234 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.15
§ 2307.15. Determination of insanity of a party
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the insanity of a party is not manifest to the court, and the fact of insanity is disputed by a party or an attorney in the action, the court may try the question, or impanel a jury to try it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.023 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.023
§ 2317.023. Privileged peer support communications
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 545 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Corrections officer" means a person employed by a public or private place used for the confinement of a person charged with or convicted of any crime in this state or another state or under the laws of the United States or alleged or found to be a delinquent child or unruly child in this state or another state or under the laws of the United States. (2) "Emergency medical worker" means a first responder, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical technician-paramedic, certified under Chapter 4765. of the Revised Code, whether paid or volunteer. (3) "Firefighter" means a firefighter, whether paid or volunteer, of a lawfully constituted fire department. (4) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (5) "Peer support services" means consultation, risk assessment, referral, or on-site intervention services provided by a peer support team member to an individual experiencing psychological or physical symptoms caused by exposure to acute or chronic high stress incidents in the course of the individual's employment. "Peer support services" includes both of the following: (a) Providing knowledge and experience or emotional, social, or practical support to peers; (b) Helping a peer navigate available resources, including the mental health system. (6) "Peer support team member" means an individual who satisfies all of the following: (a) The individual is one of the following: (i) A peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical worker, or corrections officer; (ii) A dispatcher for peace officers, firefighters, or emergency medical workers; (iii) A civilian employee of an entity that employs peace officers, firefighters, emergency medical workers, or corrections officers; (iv) A retired peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical worker, or corrections officer acting with the approval of the retired employee's former employer or the approval of the employer appointing the peer support team; (v) A retired dispatcher for peace officers, firefighters, or emergency medical workers acting with the approval of the retired dispatcher's former employer or the approval of the employer appointing the peer support team. (b) The individual has received not less than sixteen hours of basic peer support training that meets the requirements of division (H) of this section. (c) The individual, as part of a peer support team, provides peer support services to individuals with similar life experiences. (7) "Peer support team" means an organized group that has been appointed by any of the following entities to provide peer support services to an employee or member: (a) An employer; (b) A labor organization as defined in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code; (c) A charitable organization consisting of current or former peace officers, firefighters, emergency medical workers, or dispatchers of peace officers, firefighters, or emergency medical workers. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, a peer support team member shall not testify concerning either of the following: (1) A communication received from an individual who receives peer support services from the peer support team member; (2) The peer support team member's advice to the individual. (C) The testimonial privilege established under division (B) of this section does not apply if any of the following are true: (1) The communication or advice indicates clear and present danger to the individual who receives peer support services or to other persons. (2) The individual who received peer support services expressly consents to the testimony. (3) If the individual who received peer support services is deceased, the surviving spouse or the executor or administrator of the estate of the deceased individual expressly consents. (4) The individual who received peer support services voluntarily testifies, in which case the peer support team member may be compelled to testify on the same subject. (5) The court in camera determines that the information communicated by the individual who received peer support services is not germane to the relationship between the individual and the peer support team member. (6) The communication or advice pertains or is related to any criminal act. (D) For purposes of division (C)(1) of this section, indications of past or present abuse or neglect of a child constitute a clear and present danger. (E) To receive the testimonial privilege established under division (B) of this section, a peer support team member must complete not less than eight hours of basic peer support training every two years. (F) For the testimonial privilege established under division (B) of this section to apply to a communication made at the scene of and immediately after an incident that involves a substantial risk of serious physical harm to persons, serious physical harm to persons, or the loss of human life, the peer support team member must have provided the peer support services at the request of the recipient and at the direction of the appointing entity listed in division (A)(7) of this section. (G) An employer or organization that appoints a peer support team may designate any of the following individuals as an advisor to ensure team members are appropriately trained and are providing proper peer support services: (1) An individual licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery by the state medical board, including such an individual who has satisfactorily completed a residency training program in psychiatry; (2) An individual licensed under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code to practice psychology; (3) A clinical nurse specialist as defined in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code who holds a psychiatric-mental health credential issued by the American nurses credentialing center or a successor organization; (4) A certified nurse practitioner as defined in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code who holds a psychiatric-mental health credential issued by the American nurses credentialing center or a successor organization; (5) A licensed professional clinical counselor or licensed professional counselor authorized to practice under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code; (6) A licensed independent social worker or licensed social worker authorized to practice under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code. (H) The training required for a peer support team member under division (A)(6)(b) of this section shall include the following topics: (1) An introduction to peer support services and basic peer support skills; (2) Understanding and identifying the risk factors of mental health problems for the peer support team member's peers; (3) Understanding confidentiality and privacy for privileged communications; (4) Identifying local mental health support resources; (5) Understanding the importance of engaged communication, listening, and conflict resolution in the context of providing peer support services. Last updated February 8, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.37
§ 2305.37. Person donating perishable food for distribution to needy individuals not liable for harm
Status: in_force

July 7, 2023 Senate Bill 16 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Agency" means any nonhospital, charitable nonprofit corporation that is organized and operated pursuant to Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code and that satisfies all of the following, or any nonhospital, charitable association, group, institution, organization, or society that is not organized and not operated for profit and that satisfies all of the following: (a) It distributes consumer goods or perishable food, directly or indirectly, to individuals in need. (b) It does not charge or accept any form of compensation from the individuals in need for the distribution of the consumer goodsto them. (c) It does not charge for the distribution of perishable food to individuals in need, or it does not charge individuals in need more than an amount sufficient to cover the cost of handling the perishable food distributed to them. (2) "At-cost" means the perishable food handling costs incurred by an agency. (3) "Consumer goods" means items of tangible personal property other than food that are used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. (4) "Food service operation" has the same meaning as in section 3717.01 of the Revised Code. (5) "Food that is gleaned" means perishable food that remains on a farm or other real property and that the owner, lessee, renter, or operator of the property permits one or more persons to salvage free-of-charge for subsequent donation to one or more agencies. (6) "Harm" means injury, death, or loss to person or property. (7) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3701.01 , 3727.01 , or 5122.01 of the Revised Code. (8) "Individuals in need" means those persons who an agency determines are eligible to receive free distributions of consumer goods or free or at-cost distributions of perishable food because of poverty, illness, disability, infancy, or other conditions or circumstances that may result in persons having a need to receive such distributions. (9) "Perishable food" means any food that may spoil or otherwise become unfit for human consumption because of its nature, age, or physical condition. "Perishable food" includes, but is not limited to, fresh meats, processed meats, poultry, fish and other seafood, dairy products, bakery products, eggs in the shell, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, food that is gleaned, food that is packaged, refrigerated, or frozen, food that is canned, and prepared or other food that has not been served by a restaurant, cafeteria, hospital, hotel, caterer, or other food service operation to any customer, patient, or other person in the ordinary course of business, by a public or private school, college, university, or other educational institution to a student or another person on the premises in the ordinary course of the operation of the institution, or by a fraternal, veteran's, or other organization to its members or other persons on the premises in the ordinary course of the operation of the organization. (10) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code and additionally includes governmental entities and federal instrumentalities. (11) "Sale date" means the date by which the manufacturer, processor, or packager of a packaged food product recommends that the food product be sold for consumption based on the food product's quality assurance period. (12) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property. "Tort action" includes a product liability claim that is subject to sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code but does not include a civil action for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (B) Notwithstanding Chapter 3715. of the Revised Code, a person who, in good faith, donates perishable food to an agency is not liable in damages in a tort action for harm that allegedly arises because that perishable food, when distributed by the agency or any other agency to a particular individual in need, is not fit for human consumption, if both of the following apply: (1) Prior to the donation of the perishable food to the agency, the person determines that the perishable food will be fit for human consumption at the time of its donation. A presumption favoring liability does not arise because the perishable food is donated to an agency on or after an applicable sale date. (2) The person does not make the determination that the perishable food will be fit for human consumption at the time of its donation to the agency in a manner that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. (C) A person who, in good faith, donates consumer goods to an agency is not liable in damages in a tort action for harm that allegedly arises because those consumer goods are not fit for use at the time the agency or any other agency distributes them to a particular individual in need, if both of the following apply: (1) Prior to the donation of the consumer goods to the agency, the person determines that the consumer goods will be fit for use at the time of their donation. A presumption favoring liability does not arise because the consumer goods are in packaging that has been damaged. (2) The person does not make the determination that the consumer goods will be fit for use at the time of their donation to the agency in a manner that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. (D) Notwithstanding Chapter 3715. of the Revised Code, an agency that, in good faith, distributes consumer goods or perishable food to a particular individual in need is not liable in damages in a tort action for harm that allegedly arises because those consumer goods are not fit for use or that perishable food is not fit for human consumption if both of the following apply: (1) Prior to the distribution of the consumer goods or perishable food to the individual, the agency determines that the consumer goods will be fit for use or the perishable food will be fit for human consumption at the time of its distribution. A presumption favoring liability does not arise because the consumer goods are in packaging that has been damaged or because the perishable food is distributed to an individual on or after an applicable sale date. (2) The agency does not make the determination that the consumer goods will be fit for use or the perishable food will be fit for human consumption at the time of its distribution to the individual in a manner that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. (E)(1) This section does not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right against persons who donate consumer goods or perishable food to an agency or against agencies that distribute consumer goods or perishable food to an individual in need. (2) This section does not affect any immunities from or defenses to tort liability established by another section of the Revised Code or available at common law to which persons who donate consumer goods or perishable food other than to agencies, or to which agencies that distribute consumer goods or perishable food other than to individuals in need, may be entitled. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 12:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.95 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.95
§ 2307.95. Asbestos claim - operation of other laws unaffected
Status: in_force

September 2, 2004 House Bill 292 - 125th General Assembly (A) Nothing in sections 2307.92 to 2307.95 of the Revised Code is intended to do, and nothing in any of those sections shall be interpreted to do, either of the following: (1) Affect the rights of any party in bankruptcy proceedings; (2) Affect the ability of any person who is able to make a showing that the person satisfies the claim criteria for compensable claims or demands under a trust established pursuant to a plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. Chapter 11, to make a claim or demand against that trust. (B) Sections 2307.91 to 2307.95 of the Revised Code shall not affect the scope or operation of any workers' compensation law or veterans' benefit program or the exclusive remedy of subrogation under the provisions of that law or program and shall not authorize any lawsuit that is barred by any provision of any workers' compensation law. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of section 2307.92 of the Revised Code and in other provisions that relate to the application of that division and the procedures and criteria it contains, nothing in sections 2307.92 , 2307.93 , 2307.94 , and 2307.95 of the Revised Code is intended, and nothing in any of those sections shall be interpreted, to affect any wrongful death claim, as described in section 2125.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2331.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2331 / § 2331.05
§ 2331.05. Execution issued as a matter of course
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the judgment debtor was arrested before judgment and has not been released from imprisonment by an application for relief as an insolvent debtor, and the order for such arrest has not been adjudged improper, an execution against the person of such judgment debtor may issue as a matter of course.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.19
§ 2305.19. Saving in case of reversal
Status: in_force

March 24, 2010 Senate Bill 106 - 128th General Assembly (A) In any action that is commenced or attempted to be commenced, if in due time a judgment for the plaintiff is reversed or if the plaintiff fails otherwise than upon the merits, the plaintiff or, if the plaintiff dies and the cause of action survives, the plaintiff's representative may commence a new action within one year after the date of the reversal of the judgment or the plaintiff's failure otherwise than upon the merits or within the period of the original applicable statute of limitations, whichever occurs later. This division applies to any claim asserted in any pleading by a defendant. (B) If the defendant in an action described in division (A) of this section is a foreign or domestic corporation, and whether its charter prescribes the manner or place of service of process on the defendant, and if it passes into the hands of a receiver before the expiration of the one year period or the period of the original applicable statute of limitations, whichever is applicable, as described in that division, then service to be made within one year following the original service or attempt to begin the action may be made upon that receiver or the receiver's cashier, treasurer, secretary, clerk, or managing agent, or if none of these officers can be found, by a copy left at the office or the usual place of business of any of those agents or officers of the receiver with the person having charge of the office or place of business. If that corporation is a railroad company, summons may be served on any regular ticket or freight agent of the receiver, and if there is no regular ticket or freight agent of the receiver, then upon any conductor of the receiver, in any county in the state in which the railroad is located. The summons shall be returned as if served on that defendant corporation. (C) This section does not apply to an action or proceeding arising under section 2106.22 , 2107.76 , 2109.35 , 2115.16 , 5806.04 , or 5810.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.04
§ 2305.04. Recovery of real estate
Status: in_force

January 13, 1991 Senate Bill 125 - 118th General Assembly An action to recover the title to or possession of real property shall be brought within twenty-one years after the cause of action accrued, but if a person entitled to bring the action is, at the time the cause of action accrues, within the age of minority or of unsound mind, the person, after the expiration of twenty-one years from the time the cause of action accrues, may bring the action within ten years after the disability is removed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2319.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2319 / § 2319.09
§ 2319.09. Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 171 - 131st General Assembly (A) This section may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act." (B) As used in this section: (1) "Foreign jurisdiction" means a state other than Ohio. (2) "Foreign subpoena" means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction. (3) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. (4) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (5) "Subpoena" means a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person to do any of the following: (a) Attend and give testimony at a deposition; (b) Produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or tangible things in the possession, custody, or control of the person; (c) Permit inspection of premises under the control of the person. (C)(1) To request issuance of a subpoena under this section, a party shall submit a foreign subpoena to a clerk of court in the county in which discovery is sought to be conducted in this state. A request for the issuance of a subpoena under this section does not constitute an appearance in the courts of this state. (2) When a party submits a foreign subpoena to a clerk of court in this state, the clerk, in accordance with that court's procedure, shall promptly issue a subpoena for service upon the person to which the foreign subpoena is directed. (3) A subpoena issued under division (C)(2) of this section shall do both of the following: (a) Incorporate the terms used in the foreign subpoena; (b) Contain or be accompanied by the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all counsel of record in the proceeding to which the subpoena relates and of any party not represented by counsel. (D) A subpoena issued by a clerk of court under division (C) of this section shall be served in compliance with any rule of court or statute relating to the service of a subpoena issued in this state. (E) The Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure and any statutes relating to service of subpoenas and compliance with subpoenas to attend and give testimony, produce designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or other tangible things, or to allow inspection of premises shall apply to subpoenas issued under division (C) of this section. (F) An application to the court for a protective order or to enforce, quash, or modify a subpoena issued by a clerk of court under division (C) of this section shall comply with the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure and be submitted to the court in the county in which discovery is to be conducted. (G) In applying and construing this section, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact a substantially similar statute or rule. (H) This section applies to requests for discovery in cases pending on the effective date of this act.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.25
§ 2305.25. Peer review committee definitions
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 House Bill 493 - 130th General Assembly As used in this section and sections 2305.251 to 2305.253 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Health care entity" means an entity, whether acting on its own behalf or on behalf of or in affiliation with other health care entities, that conducts as part of its regular business activities professional credentialing or quality review activities involving the competence of, professional conduct of, or quality of care provided by health care providers, including both individuals who provide health care and entities that provide health care. (2) "Health care entity" includes any entity described in division (A)(1) of this section, regardless of whether it is a government entity; for-profit or nonprofit corporation; limited liability company; partnership; professional corporation; state or local society composed of physicians, dentists, optometrists, psychologists, or pharmacists; accountable care organization; other health care organization; or combination of any of the foregoing entities. (B) "Health insuring corporation" means an entity that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code. "Health insuring corporation" includes wholly owned subsidiaries of a health insuring corporation. (C) "Hospital" means any of the following: (1) An institution that has been registered or licensed by the department of health as a hospital; (2) An entity, other than an insurance company authorized to do business in this state, that owns, controls, or is affiliated with an institution that has been registered or licensed by the department of health as a hospital; (3) A group of hospitals that are owned, sponsored, or managed by a single entity. (D) "Incident report or risk management report" means a report of an incident involving injury or potential injury to a patient as a result of patient care provided by health care providers, including both individuals who provide health care and entities that provide health care, that is prepared by or for the use of a peer review committee of a health care entity and is within the scope of the functions of that committee. (E)(1) "Peer review committee" means a utilization review committee, quality assessment committee, performance improvement committee, tissue committee, credentialing committee, or other committee that does either of the following: (a) Conducts professional credentialing or quality review activities involving the competence of, professional conduct of, or quality of care provided by health care providers, including both individuals who provide health care and entities that provide health care; (b) Conducts any other attendant hearing process initiated as a result of a peer review committee's recommendations or actions. (2) "Peer review committee" includes all of the following: (a) A peer review committee of a hospital or long-term care facility or a peer review committee of a nonprofit health care corporation that is a member of the hospital or long-term care facility or of which the hospital or facility is a member; (b) A peer review committee of a community mental health center; (c) A board or committee of a hospital, a long-term care facility, or other health care entity when reviewing professional qualifications or activities of health care providers, including both individuals who provide health care and entities that provide health care; (d) A peer review committee, professional standards review committee, or arbitration committee of a state or local society composed of members who are in active practice as physicians, dentists, optometrists, psychologists, or pharmacists; (e) A peer review committee of a health insuring corporation that has at least a two-thirds majority of member physicians in active practice and that conducts professional credentialing and quality review activities involving the competence or professional conduct of health care providers that adversely affects or could adversely affect the health or welfare of any patient; (f) A peer review committee of a health insuring corporation that has at least a two-thirds majority of member physicians in active practice and that conducts professional credentialing and quality review activities involving the competence or professional conduct of a health care facility that has contracted with the health insuring corporation to provide health care services to enrollees, which conduct adversely affects, or could adversely affect, the health or welfare of any patient; (g) A peer review committee of a sickness and accident insurer that has at least a two-thirds majority of physicians in active practice and that conducts professional credentialing and quality review activities involving the competence or professional conduct of health care providers that adversely affects or could adversely affect the health or welfare of any patient; (h) A peer review committee of a sickness and accident insurer that has at least a two-thirds majority of physicians in active practice and that conducts professional credentialing and quality review activities involving the competence or professional conduct of a health care facility that has contracted with the insurer to provide health care services to insureds, which conduct adversely affects, or could adversely affect, the health or welfare of any patient; (i) A peer review committee of any insurer authorized under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code to do the business of medical professional liability insurance in this state that conducts professional quality review activities involving the competence or professional conduct of health care providers that adversely affects or could affect the health or welfare of any patient; (j) A peer review committee of the bureau of workers' compensation or the industrial commission that is responsible for reviewing the professional qualifications and the performance of providers certified by the bureau to participate in the health partnership program or of providers conducting medical examinations or file reviews for the bureau or the commission; (k) Any other peer review committee of a health care entity. (F) "Physician" means an individual authorized to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery. (G) "Sickness and accident insurer" means an entity authorized under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code to do the business of sickness and accident insurance in this state. (H) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to a patient of a health care entity. "Tort action" includes a product liability claim, as defined in section 2307.71 of the Revised Code, and an asbestos claim, as defined in section 2307.91 of the Revised Code, but does not include a civil action for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (I) "Accountable care organization" means such an organization as defined in 42 C.F.R. 425.20.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2315 / § 2315.08
§ 2315.08. Trial by court
Status: in_force

April 9, 2003 Senate Bill 120 - 124th General Assembly The provisions of this chapter that apply to trials by jury, apply to trials by the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.90
§ 2307.90. Silicosis or mixed dust disease claim - operation of other laws unaffected - exhumation not required
Status: in_force

September 1, 2004 House Bill 342 - 125th General Assembly (A) Nothing in sections 2307.84 to 2307.90 of the Revised Code is intended to do, and nothing in any of those sections is interpreted to do, either of the following: (1) Affect the rights of any party in bankruptcy proceedings; (2) Affect the ability of any person who is able to make a showing that the person satisfies the claim criteria for compensable claims or demands under a trust established pursuant to a plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. Chapter 11, to make a claim or demand against that trust. (B) Sections 2307.84 to 2307.90 of the Revised Code shall not affect the scope or operation of any workers' compensation law or veterans' benefit program or the exclusive remedy of subrogation under the provisions of that law or program and shall not authorize any lawsuit that is barred by any provision of any workers' compensation law. (C) Nothing in sections 2307.85 , 2307.86 , 2307.87 , and 2307.88 of the Revised Code shall require or permit the exhumation of bodies in making the prima-facie showing as required by section 2307.85 or 2307.86 of the Revised Code or rebutting the presumption as provided in section 2307.85 or 2307.86 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2337.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2337 / § 2337.02
§ 2337.02. When provisions apply
Status: in_force

July 20, 1994 House Bill 292 - 120th General Assembly (A) Sections 2337.01 to 2337.15 of the Revised Code apply only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distribution proceeding. (B) Sections 2337.01 to 2337.15 of the Revised Code apply to foreign-money issues even if other law under the conflict of laws rules of this state applies to other issues in the action or distribution proceeding.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.22
§ 2313.22. Compensation of jurors
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners by resolution shall fix the compensation of each juror payable out of the county treasury. (B) After ten days of actual service, except as otherwise authorized by this division, the compensation of a juror shall be fixed for each additional day of actual service at an amount equal to the greater of fifteen dollars or one and one-half times the compensation fixed pursuant to division (A) of this section. The board of county commissioners by resolution may set the compensation at a greater amount that shall not exceed two times the compensation fixed pursuant to division (A) of this section. (C) Residents of townships that are composed entirely of islands shall be reimbursed for the additional transportation costs they incur to serve as a juror, in the amount certified to be due by a judge of the court in which the jury service is performed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2311.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2311 / § 2311.10
§ 2311.10. Assignment when judge disqualified
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In any county where there are two or more judges, one of whom is disqualified to hear or try causes upon the trial docket, the causes may be assigned for trial or hearing in a series in the order in which they stand on the docket, by a judge qualified to try them, and be tried and heard in like order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.116 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.116
§ 2305.116. No cause of action for failure to perform abortion
Status: in_force

August 17, 2006 House Bill 287 - 126th General Assembly (A) No person has a civil action or may receive an award of damages in a civil action, and no other person shall be liable in a civil action, upon a medical claim that because of an act or omission by the other person the person was not aborted. (B) No person has a civil action or may receive an award of damages in a civil action, and no other person shall be liable in a civil action, upon a medical claim that because of an act or omission by the other person a child was not aborted. (C) Nothing in this section shall preclude a person from bringing a civil action or from receiving an award of damages in a medical claim based upon an intentional or willful misrepresentation or omission of information related to medical diagnosis, care, or treatment. (D) As used in this section, "medical claim" has the same meaning as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.238 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.238
§ 2305.238. Immunity where tort committed off domestic violence shelter premises
Status: in_force

August 14, 2002 Senate Bill 131 - 124th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and subject to section 2305.239 of the Revised Code, a shelter for victims of domestic violence and a director, owner, trustee, officer, employee, victim advocate, or volunteer of the shelter are not liable in damages in a tort action for harm that a shelter client or other person who is on the premises allegedly sustains as a result of tortious conduct of a perpetrator that is committed on premises other than the shelter's premises if the perpetrator is not a director, owner, trustee, officer, employee, victim advocate, or volunteer of the shelter and if both of the following apply when the harm is caused: (1) A director, owner, trustee, officer, employee, victim advocate, or volunteer of the shelter is providing assistance to a shelter client, including, but not limited to, accompanying the client to a health care practitioner's or attorney's office. (2) The director, owner, trustee, officer, employee, victim advocate, or volunteer of the shelter is engaged in the course of that director's, owner's, trustee's, officer's, employee's, victim advocate's, or volunteer's employment, official responsibilities, or authorized services for the shelter. (B) The immunity from tort liability conferred by division (A) of this section is not available to a shelter for victims of domestic violence or a director, owner, trustee, officer, employee, victim advocate, or volunteer of the shelter if the plaintiff in a tort action establishes, by clear and convincing evidence, that a director, owner, trustee, officer, employee, victim advocate, or volunteer of the shelter contributed to the harm sustained by a shelter client or other person who is on the premises, by an action or omission that involved malicious purpose, bad faith, or wanton or reckless conduct. For purposes of this division, "reckless conduct" includes the release of confidential information that pertains to a shelter client.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.02
§ 2313.02. Compensation - appointment of deputies; administration of oaths or affirmations
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly (A) The commissioners of jurors shall receive compensation fixed by the court of common pleas payable out of the county treasury. They may appoint and remove, with the consent of the court, expressed in writing, as many deputy commissioners as are necessary to carry out Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code. The deputy commissioners shall receive compensation fixed by the court of common pleas payable out of the county treasury. Such compensation may at any time be changed by the court. All appointments made under this section shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas and entered on the journal of the court. (B) The commissioners of jurors may, in writing, authorize a deputy to perform any duty or class of duties that a commissioner may perform. The commissioners or any deputy may administer an oath or affirmation in relation to any matter governed by Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.44
§ 2323.44. Rights of subrogee
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 House Bill 259 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Health care provider-sponsored organization" means an entity that is sponsored by hospitals, physician groups, other licensed health care providers, or any combination of hospitals, physician groups, or other licensed health care providers that are affiliated through common ownership or control and share financial risk for the purpose of delivering health care services. (2) "Injured party" means any person who claims any injury, death, or loss to person in a tort action or an estate that makes a survivorship claim due to injury, death, or loss to person, but not including a derivative claim, a claim made by a beneficiary in a wrongful death action pursuant to section 2125.02 of the Revised Code, or a claim for punitive damages arising from a person's claim of injury, death, or loss to person. (3) "Recovery" means the amount obtained from a third party in a tort action or the amount obtained for a claim in connection with uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage. (4) "Third party" means any individual, automobile insurance company, or public or private entity against which a person or estate has a tort action. (5) "Subrogee" means any of the following: (a) An insurance company doing business in this state; (b) A self-funded plan providing health, sickness, or disability benefits; (c) A health care provider-sponsored organization; (d) Any person or entity that claims a right of subrogation by contract or common law. (6) "Tort action" means a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person. "Tort action" includes any claim for damages for injury, death, or loss to person, whether or not a lawsuit is pending, or a claim in connection with uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage, but does not include a civil action for breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (B) Notwithstanding any contract or statutory provision to the contrary, the rights of a subrogee or any other person or entity that asserts a contractual, statutory, or common law subrogation claim against a third party or an injured party in a tort action shall be subject to both of the following: (1) If less than the full value of the tort action is recovered for comparative negligence, diminishment due to a party's liability under sections 2307.22 to 2307.28 of the Revised Code, or by reason of the collectability of the full value of the claim for injury, death, or loss to person resulting from limited liability insurance or any other cause, the subrogee's or other person's or entity's claim shall be diminished in the same proportion as the injured party's interest is diminished. (2) If a dispute regarding the distribution of the recovery in the tort action arises, either party may file an action under Chapter 2721. of the Revised Code to resolve the issue of the distribution of the recovery.