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ESTATE OF FLEENOR v. OTTAWA CTY.

No. 2021-1004.

208 N.E.3d 783 (2022)

170 Ohio St.3d 38

2022-Ohio-3581

ESTATE OF FLEENOR, Appellee, v. OTTAWA COUNTY, d.b.a Ottawa County Riverview Nursing Home, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 11, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eadie Hill Trial Lawyers, William B. Eadie , and Michael A. Hill , Cleveland, for appellee.

Spengler Nathanson, P.L.L., Teresa L. Grigsby , Toledo, and Jennifer A. McHugh , for appellant.

Flowers & Grube, Melissa A. Ghrist , Paul W. Flowers , and Louis E. Grube , Cleveland, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.

Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A., and Frank H. Scialdone , Cleveland, urging reversal for amicus curiae County Commissioners Association of Ohio.

{¶ 1} In this civil suit against Ottawa County, an unchartered county, we are asked to determine the effect on the case, if any, of the plaintiff's having named the county itself as the defendant rather than the board of county commissioners in the complaint. We hold that because it is unchartered, Ottawa County is...

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