Case Name: SMITH et v. BUCK
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1928-06-13
Citations: 6 Ohio Law Abs. 385
Docket Number: No. 20867
Parties: SMITH et v. BUCK.
Judges: (Marshall, CJ., Day, Allen, Kinkade, Jones and Matthias, JJ., concur.)
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 6
Pages: 385–385

Head Matter:
SMITH et v. BUCK.
Ohio Supreme Court.
No. 20867.
Decided June 13, 1928.

Opinion:
ROBINSON, J.
1. The words "personal injury" as defined by lexicographers, jurists and text writers, and by common acceptance, denote an injury either to the physical body of a person or to the reputation of a person or to both.
2. The words "personal injury" by "wrongful act," of Section 11819, General Code, comprehend, among other injuries to the person, injury by libel or slander.
(Marshall, CJ., Day, Allen, Kinkade, Jones and Matthias, JJ., concur.)