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Ohio Rev Code § 2313.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2313 | Commissioners of Jurors|Section 2313.99 | Penalty.

Effective: May 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  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.
Ohio Rev Code § 2315.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.02 | View of Property by Jury.

Effective: September 11, 1961|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 213 - 104th General Assembly|If the court is of the opinion that it is proper for the jurors to have a view of property which is the subject of litigation, or of a place where a material fact occurred, it may order them to be conducted in a body under the charge of an officer to such property or place, which shall be shown to them by a person appointed by the court for that purpose. While the jurors are thus absent, no person, other than the person so appointed, shall speak to them on any subject connected with the trial.The expense of such view as approved by the court shall be taxed as other costs in the case.
Ohio Rev Code § 2315.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.03 | Deliberations of Jury.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the case is submitted, the jury may decide it in court or retire to deliberate. Upon retiring, they must be kept together, in charge of an officer, at a convenient place, until they agree upon a verdict or are discharged by the court. The court may permit them temporarily to separate at night and for their meals.
Ohio Rev Code § 2315.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.04 | Duty of Officer in Charge of Jury.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 2315.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.05 | Jury May Be Discharged Without Verdict.

Effective: July 6, 2001|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly|Because of the sickness of a juror, or an accident or calamity which requires it, or with the consent of both parties, or after jurors have been kept together until it satisfactorily appears that there is no probability of their agreeing, the court may discharge the jury.
Ohio Rev Code § 2315.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.06 | Cause May Be Resubmitted.

Effective: July 6, 2001|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly|When the jury is discharged during a trial or after a cause is submitted, such cause may at once be tried again, or on a future day, as the court directs.
Ohio Rev Code § 2315.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.07 | Verdict to Contain Amount of Recovery.

Effective: July 6, 2001|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly|If by the verdict in a civil action tried to a jury any party in the action is entitled to recover money from an adverse party, the jury shall determine the amount of the recovery in its verdict.
Ohio Rev Code § 2315.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.08 | Trial by Court.

Effective: April 9, 2003|Latest Legislation:  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 § 2315.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.09 | Case Stated - Controversy.

Effective: July 6, 2001|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly|Parties to a question that might be the subject of a civil action, on filing an affidavit that the controversy is real and the proceeding in good faith to determine their rights, may agree upon a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends and present a submission of it to any court of competent jurisdiction. The court shall hear and determine the case and render judgment as if an action were pending.The case, the submission, and the judgment constitutes the record of a question submitted under this section.Such judgment shall be with costs, may be enforced, and shall be subject to reversal, in like manner, as if it were rendered in an action, unless otherwise provided in the submission.
Ohio Rev Code § 2315.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.19 | Review of Evidence Supporting Damages for Noneconomic Loss.

Effective: April 7, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly|(A) Upon a post-judgment motion, a trial court in a tort action shall review the evidence supporting an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss that the defendant has challenged as excessive. That review shall include, but is not limited to, the following factors:(1) Whether the evidence presented or the arguments of the attorneys resulted in one or more of the following events in the determination of an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss:(a) It inflamed the passion or prejudice of the trier of fact.(b) It resulted in the improper consideration of the wealth of the defendant.(c) It resulted in the improper consideration of the misconduct of the defendant so as to punish the defendant improperly or in circumvention of the limitation on punitive or exemplary damages as provided in section 2315.21 of the Revised Code.(2) Whether the verdict is in excess of verdicts involving comparable injuries to similarly situated plaintiffs;(3) Whether there were any extraordinary circumstances in the record to account for an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss in excess of what was granted by courts to similarly situated plaintiffs, with consideration given to the type of injury, the severity of the injury, and the plaintiff's age at the time of the injury.(B) A trial court upholding an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss that a party has challenged as inadequate or excessive shall set forth in writing its reasons for upholding the award.(C) An appellate court shall use a de novo standard of review when considering an appeal of an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss on the grounds that the award is inadequate or excessive.
Ohio Rev Code § 2315.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.20 | Evidence of Benefits to Plaintiff From Collateral Sources.

Effective: April 7, 2005|Latest Legislation:  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 § 2315.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.32 | Asserting Contributory Fault.

Effective: April 7, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly|(A) Sections 2315.32 to 2315.36 of the Revised Code do not apply to actions described in section 4113.03 of the Revised Code.(B) The contributory fault of the plaintiff may be asserted as an affirmative defense to a tort claim, except that the contributory fault of the plaintiff may not be asserted as an affirmative defense to an intentional tort claim.
Ohio Rev Code § 2315.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.33 | Contributory Fault Effect on Right to Recover.

Effective: April 7, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly|The contributory fault of a person does not bar the person as plaintiff from recovering damages that have directly and proximately resulted from the tortious conduct of one or more other persons, if the contributory fault of the plaintiff was not greater than the combined tortious conduct of all other persons from whom the plaintiff seeks recovery in this action and of all other persons from whom the plaintiff does not seek recovery in this action. The court shall diminish any compensatory damages recoverable by the plaintiff by an amount that is proportionately equal to the percentage of tortious conduct of the plaintiff as determined pursuant to section 2315.34 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 2315.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.34 | Findings of Fact by Court - General Verdict and Interrogatories by Jury.

Effective: April 7, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly|If contributory fault is asserted and established as an affirmative defense to a tort claim, the court in a nonjury action shall make findings of fact, and the jury in a jury action shall return a general verdict accompanied by answers to interrogatories, that shall specify the following:(A) The total amount of the compensatory damages that would have been recoverable on that tort claim but for the tortious conduct of the plaintiff;(B) The portion of the compensatory damages specified under division (A) of this section that represents economic loss;(C) The portion of the compensatory damages specified under division (A) of this section that represents noneconomic loss;(D) The percentage of tortious conduct attributable to all persons as determined pursuant to section 2307.23 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 2315.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.35 | Diminishing Compensatory Damages by Percentage of Tortious Conduct.

Effective: April 9, 2003|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 120 - 124th General Assembly|After the court makes its findings of fact or after the jury returns its general verdict accompanied by answers to interrogatories as described in section 2315.34 of the Revised Code, the court shall diminish the total amount of the compensatory damages that would have been recoverable by an amount that is proportionately equal to the percentage of tortious conduct determined under section 2307.23 of the Revised Code that is attributable to the plaintiff. If the percentage of the tortious conduct determined to be attributable to the plaintiff is greater than the sum of the percentages of the tortious conduct determined to be attributable to all parties to the tort action from whom the plaintiff seeks recovery plus all persons from whom the plaintiff does not seek recovery in this action, the court shall enter judgment in favor of the defendants.
Ohio Rev Code § 2315.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure|Section 2315.36 | Apportionment of Liability.

Effective: April 7, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly|If contributory fault is asserted as an affirmative defense to a tort claim, if it is determined that the plaintiff was contributorily at fault and that contributory fault was a direct and proximate cause of the injury, death, or loss to person or property that is the subject of the tort action, and if the plaintiff is entitled to recover compensatory damages pursuant to section 2315.33 of the Revised Code from more than one party, after it makes findings of fact or after the jury returns its general verdict accompanied by answers to interrogatories as described in section 2315.34 of the Revised Code, the court shall enter a judgment that is in favor of the plaintiff and that imposes liability pursuant to section 2307.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.01 | Competent Witnesses.

Effective: January 1, 1989|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 89 - 117th General Assembly|All persons are competent witnesses except those of unsound mind and children under ten years of age who appear incapable of receiving just impressions of the facts and transactions respecting which they are examined, or of relating them truly.In a hearing in an abuse, neglect, or dependency case, any examination made by the court to determine whether a child is a competent witness shall be conducted by the court in an office or room other than a courtroom or hearing room, shall be conducted in the presence of only those individuals considered necessary by the court for the conduct of the examination or the well-being of the child, and shall be conducted with a court reporter present. The court may allow the prosecutor, guardian ad litem, or attorney for any party to submit questions for use by the court in determining whether the child is a competent witness.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.021 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.021 | Extension of Attorney-Client Privilege in Case of Dissolved Corporation.

Effective: October 12, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly|(A) As used in division (A) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code:"Client" means a person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other association that, directly or through any representative, consults an attorney for the purpose of retaining the attorney or securing legal service or advice from the attorney in the attorney's professional capacity, or consults an attorney employee for legal service or advice, and who communicates, either directly or through an agent, employee, or other representative, with such attorney; and includes an incompetent person whose guardian so consults the attorney in behalf of the incompetent person.Where a corporation or association is a client having the privilege and it has been dissolved, the privilege shall extend to the last board of directors, their successors or assigns, or to the trustees, their successors or assigns.This section shall be construed as in addition to, and not in limitation of, other laws affording protection to communications under the attorney-client privilege.(B) As used in this section and in sections 2317.02 and 2317.03 of the Revised Code, "incompetent" or "incompetent person" means a person who is so mentally impaired, as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, as a result of an intellectual disability, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that the person is incapable of taking proper care of the person's self or property or fails to provide for the person's family or other persons for whom the person is charged by law to provide.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.022 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.022 | Written Statement Requesting Release of Drug or Alcohol Test Records.

Effective: August 17, 2006|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 8 - 126th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section:(1) "Health care provider" has the same meaning as in section 2317.02 of the Revised Code.(2) "Drug of abuse" has the same meaning as in section 4506.01 of the Revised Code.(B) If an official criminal investigation has begun regarding a person or if a criminal action or proceeding is commenced against a person, any law enforcement officer who wishes to obtain from any health care provider a copy of any records the provider possesses that pertain to any test or the result of any test administered to the person to determine the presence or concentration of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse in the person's blood, breath, or urine at any time relevant to the criminal offense in question shall submit to the health care facility a written statement in the following form:"WRITTEN STATEMENT REQUESTING THE RELEASE OF RECORDSTo: ____________________ (insert name of the health care provider in question).I hereby state that an official criminal investigation has begun regarding, or a criminal action or proceeding has been commenced against, ____________________ (insert the name of the person in question), and that I believe that one or more tests has been administered to that person by this health care provider 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 that person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine at a time relevant to the criminal offense in question. Therefore, I hereby request that, pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code, this health care provider supply me with copies of any records the provider possesses that pertain to any test or the results of any test administered to the person specified above 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 that person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine at any time relevant to the criminal offense in question._____________________________________(Name of officer)_____________________________________(Officer's title)_____________________________________(Officer's employing agency)_____________________________________(Officer's telephone number)_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________(Agency's address)_____________________________________(Date written statement submitted)"(C) A health care provider that receives a written statement of the type described in division (B) of this section shall comply with division (B)(2) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code relative to the written statement.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.04 | Impartial Report of Proceedings Privileged.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The publication of a fair and impartial report of the proceedings before state or municipal legislative bodies, or before state or municipal executive bodies, boards, or officers, or the whole or a fair synopsis of any bill, ordinance, report, resolution, bulletin, notice, petition, or other document presented, filed, or issued in any proceeding before such legislative or executive body, board, or officer, shall be privileged, unless it is proved that such publication was made maliciously.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.05 | Impartial Report of Indictment, Warrant, Affidavit, or Arrest Privileged.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The publication of a fair and impartial report of the return of any indictment, the issuing of any warrant, the arrest of any person accused of crime, or the filing of any affidavit, pleading, or other document in any criminal or civil cause in any court of competent jurisdiction, or of a fair and impartial report of the contents thereof, is privileged, unless it is proved that the same was published maliciously, or that the defendant has refused or neglected to publish in the same manner in which the publication complained of appeared, a reasonable written explanation or contradiction thereof by the plaintiff, or that the publisher has refused, upon request of the plaintiff, to publish the subsequent determination of such suit or action. This section and section 2317.04 of the Revised Code do not authorize the publication of blasphemous or indecent matter.