Title: Levengood v. Transfuel, Inc.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

LEVENGOOD V. TRANSFUEL, INC., APPELLEE; LEVENGOOD ET AL., APPELLANTS. 
[Cite as Levengood v. Transfuel, Inc. (1996), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Motions for discretionary appeal and for fees and costs denied. 
 
(No. 96-93 -- Submitted May 7, 1996 -- Decided June 19, 1996.) 
 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Tuscarawas County, No. 
95AP060044. 
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Climaco, Climaco, Seminatore, Lefkowitz & Garofoli Co., L.P.A., 
Richard M. Knoth and Jayne L. Jakubaitis, for appellee. 
 
Joseph I. Tripodi Co., L.P.A., and Joseph I. Tripodi; Charles E. 
Lorenz II, for appellants, Tim Levengood et al. 
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The cause is before the court on a motion for discretionary appeal 
and on a motion by Transfuel, Inc. for fees and costs.  The motions are 
denied. 
 
DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F,.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. 
 
MOYER, C.J., and COOK, J., dissent. 
 
STRATTON, J., not participating. 
 
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COOK, J., dissenting.  I respectfully dissent from the court’s denial of 
the motion for costs and fees.  Appellants have filed an appeal raising this 
identical issue on at least three different occasions  Each time, the Court of 
Appeals for the Fifth District has dismissed the appeal for lack of a final 
appealable order.  This court has previously declined to accept jurisdiction 
of this case.  Levengood v. Levengood (1995), 74 Ohio St.3d 1475, 647 
N.E.2d 783.  The memorandum in support of jurisdiction filed here is 
simply a copy of the one filed when we declined jurisdiction.  Based upon 
those repeated and frivolous filings, I would award defendant-appellees, 
Transfuel, Inc., costs and fees. 
 
MOYER, C.J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.