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Ohio Rev Code § 2743.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.10 | Civil Actions Determined Administratively by Clerk.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Civil actions against the state for ten thousand dollars or less shall be determined administratively by the clerk of the court of claims, except that the clerk is not required to administratively determine a civil action of that nature if the civil action was commenced by a person who has been found to be a vexatious litigator under section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain leave to proceed under that section and if the clerk refused pursuant to division (D) of section 2743.09 of the Revised Code to accept for filing any pleading or paper that relates to the civil action and that was submitted for filing by that person and except that all civil actions against the state that have been removed to the court of claims shall be heard and determined by a judge of the court of claims. (B) Civil actions covered by division (A) of this section shall be commenced by filing with the clerk on complaint forms prescribed by the supreme court. The clerk shall forward copies of the form complaint to the attorney general and the state department, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality whose actions or failure to act are the subject of complaint. The latter shall investigate the allegations made in the form complaint and report the results of its investigation to the clerk within sixty days of receipt of a copy of the form complaint. The clerk shall forward a copy of the report to the claimant and give the claimant an opportunity to respond to the report either in writing or by appearing before the clerk.(C) The clerk shall determine the civil action covered by division (A) of this section and make a report of the decision, together with findings of fact and conclusions of law, copies of which shall be mailed to the claimant and the state instrumentality. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the determination shall be based upon principles of law applicable in the court of claims, including, but not limited to, section 3345.40 of the Revised Code if a state university or college is a defendant in the court of claims.Rules of evidence shall not be applicable in the determination. Procedures shall be governed by rules promulgated by the clerk, shall be informal, and shall be designed to accommodate persons who are not skilled in the law.(D) Upon the motion of a party, the court of claims shall review the determination of the clerk upon the clerk's report and papers filed in the action and shall enter judgment consistent with its findings. The judgment shall not be the subject of further appeal. No civil action arising out of the same transaction or set of facts may be commenced by the claimant in the court of claims.(E) The determination of the clerk pursuant to division (C) of this section shall be processed pursuant to section 2743.19 of the Revised Code as if it were a judgment.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.11 | Trial by Jury.

Effective: February 7, 1978|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 149 - 112th General Assembly|No claimant in the court of claims shall be entitled to have his civil action against the state determined by a trial by jury. Parties retain their right to trial by jury in the court of claims of any civil actions not against the state.Jury trials shall be conducted at the court of claims, the court of common pleas of Franklin county, or the court of common pleas of the county in which a removed case is tried. Juries shall be drawn from the common pleas list of qualified jurors, and empaneled in the same manner as in cases that originate in the court of common pleas. The state shall pay all expenses incidental to a jury trial, except that juror costs shall be taxed to the losing party.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.12 | Judgments Rendered in Writing.

Effective: July 1, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 231 - 117th General Assembly|The court of claims shall render its judgments against the state in writing and shall include separate findings of fact and conclusions of law. An opinion, memorandum, or decision stating the judgment and containing separate findings of fact and conclusions of law shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this section. Judgments shall be entered on the journal and the clerk shall certify on the judgment the date of journalization and shall send copies of the judgment to the claimant and the attorney general.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.121 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.121 | Court of Claims Commissioners to Render Award of Reparation Decisions in Writing.

Effective: July 10, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 261 - 130th General Assembly|The court of claims shall render its decisions as to appeals from decisions of the attorney general pursuant to sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code in writing and shall include a separate finding for each issue contested upon appeal. Orders as to appeals shall be entered on the journal, and the clerk shall certify on the order the date of journalization and shall send copies of the order and decision to the claimant, the attorney general, and the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the criminally injurious conduct occurred.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.13 | Filing Complaint or Other Pleading - Summons.

Effective: February 7, 1978|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 149 - 112th General Assembly|(A) The complaint or other pleading asserted in the court of claims against the state shall name as defendant each state department, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality whose actions are alleged as the basis of complaint.(B) Upon the filing of the complaint or other pleading requiring service of summons, the clerk of the court of claims shall issue summons to each defendant and the attorney general. Summonses shall be in the form prescribed by and issued pursuant to the Civil Rules. The claimant shall file the original of the complaint or other pleading with the clerk and shall provide the clerk with sufficient copies to serve one copy upon each named defendant and the attorney general.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.14 | Representation of State.

Effective: January 1, 1975|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 800 - 110th General Assembly|The attorney general or one of his assistants, or special counsel appointed by the attorney general, shall represent the state in all actions against the state permitted by this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.15 | Settle or Compromise Civil Action Against State.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|(A) The director or other administrative chief, or the governing body, of any department, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality of the state: (1) With the approval of the attorney general and the court of claims, may settle or compromise any civil action against the state insofar as the department, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality is named as a defendant; (2) Shall notify the office of risk management in the department of administrative services of any settlement or compromise to allow for the proper reservation of funds. (B) The acceptance by the claimant of any such compromise or settlement shall be final and conclusive on the claimant and is a complete release of the civil action against the state insofar as the particular department, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality is named, or could be named, as a defendant. A compromise or settlement that requires the payment of money by the state may be implemented and enforced, insofar as the payment of money is concerned, only through the procedure specified in section 2743.19 of the Revised Code, which shall be commenced by the attorney general forwarding a clerk's certified copy of the settlement instrument to the director of budget and management. A copy of the settlement instrument of actions involving the office of risk management in the department of administrative services shall be forwarded to the office of risk management for payment via the risk management reserve fund created in section 9.823 of the Revised Code. No interest of any kind, including any kind set forth in sections 2743.18 and 2743.19 of the Revised Code, is allowed on any compromise or settlement of any civil action against the state under this section. The authority of the department of administrative services to compromise claims does not extend to other statutory and agency programs with direct settlement authority, including activities by the department of transportation, inmate property actions described in division (H) of section 2743.02 of the Revised Code, and wrongful imprisonment actions provided for in section 2743.48 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 9, 2021 at 11:25 AM
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.17 | Prior Decision by Sundry Claims Board.

Effective: January 1, 1975|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 800 - 110th General Assembly|No person may commence an action in the court of claims if the transactions, facts, and circumstances giving rise to the action were the subject of a claim of that person decided by the sundry claims board.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.18 | Prejudgment Interest - Interest on Judgment or Determination.

Effective: July 6, 2001|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly|(A)(1) Prejudgment interest shall be allowed with respect to a civil action on which a judgment or determination is rendered against the state for the same period of time and at the same rate as allowed between private parties to a suit.(2) The court of claims, in its discretion, may deny prejudgment interest for any period of undue delay between the commencement of the civil action and the entry of a judgment or determination against the state, for which it finds the claimant to have been responsible.(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, interest shall be allowed on a judgment or determination rendered against the state in a civil action pursuant to this chapter at the same rate that is applicable to judgments rendered against private parties to a suit as specified in section 1343.03 of the Revised Code and for each day between the date of entry of the judgment or the determination pursuant to division (C) of section 2743.10 of the Revised Code and the date of payment of the judgment or determination pursuant to division (C)(3) or (6) of section 2743.19 of the Revised Code, or for sixty days from the date of entry of the judgment or the determination, whichever is less.(2) If the court of claims renders a judgment pursuant to this chapter against the state in a civil action or the clerk of the court of claims enters an administrative determination under section 2743.10 of the Revised Code against the state in a civil action, the civil action is not based on tortious conduct, and the claimant in the court of claims prevails in any appeal of the judgment or determination, postjudgment interest shall be paid with respect to the judgment or determination rendered against the state at the same rate that is applicable to judgments rendered against private parties to a suit as set forth in section 1343.03 of the Revised Code and for each day between the date of entry of the judgment or determination and the date of payment of the judgment or determination pursuant to division (C)(3) or (6) of section 2743.19 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.20 | Appeals.

Effective: July 10, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 261 - 130th General Assembly|Appeals from orders and judgments of the court of claims lie to the same courts under the same circumstances, as appeals from the court of common pleas of Franklin county, and the same rules of law govern their determination. The decision of the court of claims with respect to an appeal from a decision of the the attorney general pursuant to sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code is final, and no appeal from the decision of the court of claims lies to any other court.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.31 | Assumption of Liability in Shared Equipment Service Agreements.

Effective: September 14, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 5 - 131st General Assembly|(A) As used in this section: "Governmental function," "political subdivision," and "proprietary function" have the same meanings a s in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code. "State agency" has the same meaning a s in section 117.01 of the Revised Code. (B) I f a shared equipment service agreement is entered into by a contracting lender state agency or political subdivision to lend its capital equipment to a contracting r ecipient state agency for the temporary use by the recipient state agency in the performance of a governmental or proprietary function, the agreement may provide that the recipient state agency and its officers and employees, as the case may be, assume any potential liability under this chapter in a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly caused by an act or omission of the recipient state agency or its officers or employees resulting from the use of the equipment in the performance of the recipient state agency's governmental or proprietary functions. This assumption of liability applies insofar as the recipient state agency under the agreement or any of its officers or employees is engaged in the use of the equipment covered by the agreement in the performance of a governmental or proprietary function.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.43 | Expert Testimony on Liability Issues in Medical Claim.

Effective: September 13, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 215 - 125th General Assembly|(A) No person shall be deemed competent to give expert testimony on the liability issues in a medical claim, as defined in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code, unless:(1) Such person is licensed to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery by the state medical board or by the licensing authority of any state;(2) Such person devotes three-fourths of the person's professional time to the active clinical practice of medicine or surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery, or to its instruction in an accredited university;(3) The person practices in the same or a substantially similar specialty as the defendant. The court shall not permit an expert in one medical specialty to testify against a health care provider in another medical specialty unless the expert shows both that the standards of care and practice in the two specialties are similar and that the expert has substantial familiarity between the specialties.(4) If the person is certified in a specialty, the person must be certified by a board recognized by the American board of medical specialties or the American board of osteopathic specialties in a specialty having acknowledged expertise and training directly related to the particular health care matter at issue.(B) Nothing in division (A) of this section shall be construed to limit the power of the trial court to adjudge the testimony of any expert witness incompetent on any other ground.(C) Nothing in division (A) of this section shall be construed to limit the power of the trial court to allow the testimony of any other witness, on a matter unrelated to the liability issues in the medical claim, when that testimony is relevant to the medical claim involved.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.49 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.49 | Adjusting Amount Recoverable for Wrongful Imprisonment.

Effective: September 23, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly|(A)(1) In January of each odd-numbered year, the auditor of state, in accordance with this division and division (A)(2) of this section, shall adjust the actual dollar figure specified in division (E)(2)(b) of section 2743.48 of the Revised Code or the actual dollar amount determined pursuant to this section. The adjustment shall be based on the yearly average of the previous two years of the consumer price index for all urban consumers or its successive equivalent, as determined by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, or its successor in responsibility, for all items, Series A. Using the yearly average for the immediately preceding even-numbered year as the base year, the auditor of state shall compare the most current average consumer price index with that determined in the preceding odd-numbered year and shall determine the percentage increase or decrease. The auditor of state shall multiply the percentage increase or decrease by the actual dollar figure specified in division (E)(2)(b) of section 2743.48 of the Revised Code or the actual dollar figure determined under this section for the previous odd-numbered year and shall add the product to or subtract the product from its corresponding actual dollar figure, as applicable, for the previous odd-numbered year.(2) The auditor of state shall calculate the adjustment under division (A)(1) of this section on or before the thirty-first day of January of each odd-numbered year. The auditor of state shall base the adjustment on the most current consumer price index that is described in division (A)(1) of this section and that is in effect as of the first day of January of each odd-numbered year.(B)(1) The auditor of state shall certify the calculations made under division (A) of this section on or before the thirty-first day of January of each odd-numbered year.(2) On or before the fifteenth day of February of each odd-numbered year, the auditor of state shall prepare a report setting forth the amount that a wrongfully imprisoned individual is entitled to for each full year of imprisonment in the state correctional institution for the offense of which the wrongfully imprisoned individual was found guilty as provided in division (E)(2)(b) of section 2743.48 of the Revised Code and as calculated in accordance with this section. The report and all documents relating to the calculations contained in the report are public records. The report shall contain an indication of the period in which the calculated amount applies, a summary of how the amount was calculated, and a statement that the report and all related documents are available for inspection and copying at the office of the auditor of state.(3) On or before the fifteenth day of February of each odd-numbered year, the auditor of state shall transmit the report to the general assembly and to the court of claims.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.52 | Awards of Reparations for Economic Loss Arising From Criminally Injurious Conduct.

Effective: July 10, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 261 - 130th General Assembly|(A) The attorney general shall make awards of reparations for economic loss arising from criminally injurious conduct, if satisfied by a preponderance of the evidence that the requirements for an award of reparations have been met. (B) The court of claims has appellate jurisdiction to order awards of reparations for economic loss arising from criminally injurious conduct, if satisfied by a preponderance of the evidence that the requirements for an award of reparations have been met.(C) A decision of the attorney general or judgment of the court of claims concerning an OVI violation shall not be used as the basis for any civil or criminal action and shall not be admissible as evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.521 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.521 | Auditing Fee Bill Payments and Adjust Fee Bill Reimbursements.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 153 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) For claims for medical, psychological, dental, chiropractic, hospital, physical therapy, and nursing services, the attorney general may audit fee bill payments and adjust fee bill reimbursements in accordance with appropriate cost containment and reimbursement guidelines adopted by the administrator of workers compensation. (B) A medical provider that accepts payment for medical care-related allowable expenses as part of an award of reparations shall not seek reimbursement for any part of those allowable expenses from the victim or the claimant who was granted the award. This division does not prohibit the medical provider from seeking reimbursement from a collateral source.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.53 | Appeals.

Effective: July 10, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 261 - 130th General Assembly|The court of claims shall hear and determine all matters relating to appeals from decisions of the attorney general pursuant to sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 2743.531 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies|Chapter 2743 | Court of Claims|Section 2743.531 | Court of Claims Victims of Crime Fund.

Effective: July 10, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 261 - 130th General Assembly|The court of claims victims of crime fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall be used to pay the compensation of the judges of the court of claims, the compensation of any court of claims personnel needed to administer sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code, and other administrative expenses of hearing and determining claims under sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the director of budget and management shall transfer cash from the reparations fund to the court of claims victims of crime fund in an amount sufficient to make the cash balance in the court of claims victims of crime fund equal to the sum of the appropriation for that fiscal year and all prior fiscal year encumbrances. If the appropriation from the court of claims victims of crime fund is increased during the fiscal year, the director shall transfer cash from the reparations fund to the court of claims victims of crime fund in an amount equal to the increase in the appropriation.