STATE EX REL. RUSSO v. McDONNELL

No. 2005-2130.

110 Ohio St.3d 144 (2006)

2006-Ohio-3459

THE STATE EX REL. RUSSO, JUDGE, v. McDONNELL, JUDGE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kahn Kleinman, L.P.A., Robert A. Zimmerman, Michael H. Diamant, and Mark R. Jacobs, for relator.

Kenneth J. Fisher Co., L.P.A., and Kenneth J. Fisher, for respondent.

Philip J. Fulton Law Office and Philip J. Fulton; and Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers, urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, L.L.P., and Gregory E. O'Brien, urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Civil Trial Lawyers.


O'DONNELL, J.

{¶ 1} On November 14, 2005, relator, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy Margaret Russo, filed this action seeking a writ of prohibition to prevent Judge Richard J. McMonagle, who was then the administrative judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, from facilitating jury trials in civil cases referred to private judges pursuant to R.C. 2701.10 and Gov.Jud.R. VI and to prevent him from permitting...

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