Title: McLaughlin v. Lowman

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

MCLAUGHLIN ET AL., APPELLANTS, V. LOWMAN, D.B.A. LOWMAN LUMBER, 
APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT. 
[Cite as McLaughlin v. Lowman (1997), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Torts — Unauthorized removal of timber from private property — Criminal 
conviction is not a prerequisite to the imposition of civil liability for treble 
damages under R.C. 901.51. 
 
(No. 97-1239 — Submitted October 7, 1997 — Decided November 19, 
1997.) 
 
APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Pike County, No. 
96 CA 572. 
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Wilson Law Office and Charles H. Wilson, Jr., for appellants. 
 
Phillips & Street and David M. Phillips; and Randy D. Deering, for appellee 
and cross-appellant. 
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The discretionary appeal is allowed. 
 
The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is remanded 
to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with Wooten v. Knisley (1997), 
79 Ohio St.3d 282, 680 N.E.2d 1245. 
 
The discretionary cross-appeal is denied. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.