JEFFERS v. OLEXO

No. 88-470.

43 Ohio St. 3d 140 (1989)

JEFFERS, APPELLEE, v. OLEXO ET AL.; JAMES C. DAWES COMPANY, INC. ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graham, McClelland, McCann & Ransbottom Co., L.P.A., and Clay P. Graham, for appellee Jeffers.

Hanlon, Duff & Paleudis Co., L.P.A., and John G. Paleudis, for appellant James C. Dawes Co., Inc.

Charles H. Bean, for appellant Belmont County Fair Board.

McNamara & McNamara, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, William H. Woods, Keith McNamara and S. Gordon Elkins, urging reversal for amicus curiae, National Welding Supply Association.


ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

We will first consider whether a question of material fact existed as to Dawes, thus making summary judgment inappropriate.

I

The court of appeals held that material questions of fact existed as to Dawes' duty to control or retrieve the helium tanks in spite of the agreement entered into by the Campaign Committee with Dawes. This action sounds in negligence.

As to the elements of a cause of action in negligence it...

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