SUCHY v. MOORE

Nos. 71-214 and 71-343.

29 Ohio St. 2d 99 (1972)

SUCHY, APPELLEE, v. MOORE, APPELLANT. ROBERTS, APPELLANT v. BOHN, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 16, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Thomas & Thomas and Mr. Harold B. Thomas, for appellee in case No. 71-214.

Messrs. Kinder, Kinder & Kinder, Mr. Gordon T. Kinder and Messrs. Frazier & Somer, for appellant in case No. 71-214.

Messrs. Pfau, Comstock & Springer and Mr. William E. Pfau, Jr., for appellee in case No. 71-343.

Messrs. Harrington, Huxley & Smith and Mr. John C. Litty, Jr., for appellant in case No. 71-343.


SCHNEIDER, J.

"In Ohio, as elsewhere, it is a rule of universal application that in a tort action, the measure of damages is that which will compensate and make the plaintiff whole." Pryor v. Webber (1970), 23 Ohio St.2d 104. The exception to the general rule that evidence of compensation from a source other than the tortfeasor, or persons in privy with him, cannot diminish the damages for which he is liable, was...

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