Opinion ID: 2690286
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Text: {¶ 41} Shumaker has been compelled by court order to defend an action on three days’ notice in which he has not been named as a party and in which no allegations have been made against him. He has not received service in that action, and he has not voluntarily appeared, other than to clarify that he is not a party to it. In my view, the trial court patently and unambiguously lacks jurisdiction to allow the action to proceed against him. I would therefore reverse the judgment of the appellate court and grant a writ of prohibition in these circumstances. {¶ 42} Accordingly, I respectfully dissent. __________________ Stein, Chapin & Associates, L.L.C., and Beth J. Nacht, for appellant. Stephen J. Pronai, Madison County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. ______________________ 14