SOVAK v. SPIVEY

No. 02 CA 167.

155 Ohio App.3d 479 (2003)

2003-Ohio-6717

SOVAK, Appellee, v. SPIVEY et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Seventh District, Mahoning County.

Decided December 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew W. Suhar and Roger Bauer, for appellee.

Comstock, Springer & Wilson Co., and William Scott Fowler, for James E. Goins Jr.

Alfred J. Fleming, for Butler Wick Trust Company.


WAITE, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} In this appeal, the guardian of appellant James E. Goins Jr. challenges whether the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas had the authority to approve an agreed judgment entry that granted an award of $1,000,000 to appellee, William Sovak, in a personal injury case. Appellant Butler Wick Trust Company ("Butler Wick"), as guardian of Goins's estate, did not sign or ratify the agreed judgment entry. A guardian, in this context, must...

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