Court Opinion

ID: 6796474
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-21 01:31:41.811023+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:03:06.147859
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Certified Question of State Law, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Western Division, ease No. 1-.10-CV-679. On review of preliminary memoranda pursuant to S.Ct.Prac.R. 18.6. The court will answer the following question:
“Where a jury has been empaneled and sworn and the trial has commenced for purposes of Ohio Civ.R. 41(A)(1)(a), and the trial court subsequently declares a mistrial, does Civ.R. 41(A)(1)(a) permit the plaintiff to unilaterally voluntarily dismiss his or her claims without prejudice?”
O’Donnell, J., dissents.