CRUZ v. ENGLISH NANNY & GOV. SCH.

No. 2020-1247.

207 N.E.3d 742 (2022)

169 Ohio St.3d 716

2022-Ohio-3586

CRUZ et al., Appellants, v. ENGLISH NANNY & GOVERNESS SCHOOL et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 12, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Pattakos Law Firm, L.L.C., Peter Pattakos , and Rachel Hazelet , for appellants.

Mark A. Novak ; and Dinn, Hochman & Potter, L.L.C., and Edgar H. Boles , Cleveland, for appellees.

Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., Louis E. Grube , and Paul W. Flowers , Cleveland, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.

The Mellino Law Firm, L.L.C., and Calder Mellino , Rocky River, urging reversal for amicus curiae Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys.

Law Offices of John C. Camillus, L.L.C., and John C. Camillus , urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Employment Lawyers' Association.


{¶ 1} In this discretionary appeal, we are asked to decide whether prevailing parties who were awarded reasonable attorney fees along with a punitive-damages award in a tort case involving malicious conduct may also recover the attorney fees that they incur in successfully defending their judgment. The Eighth District...

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