Pang v. Minch (1990), 53 Ohio St.3d 716
N/AOUTCOME: Verdict for clients affirmed
Joint and several liability
James Lawrence Deese's Legal Cases (6)
Cleveland, OH
General practice Lawyer at Cleveland, OH
Practice Areas: General Practice, Insurance ... +2 more
Onderko v. Richmond Manufacturing Co. (1987), 31 Ohio St.3d 296
N/AOUTCOME: Settled on remand
Product liability: The plaintiff lost arm while operating a defective earth boring machine. The issues on appeal were causation, comparative negligence and assumption of risk.
Mersits v. Podojil Builders, Inc. (8th Dist.), 64 Ohio App.3d 266
N/AOUTCOME: Summary judgment against the client reversed on appeal.
Plaintiff subcontractor was injured as the result of a dangerous condition at the work site.
Nelson v. Adams USA, Inc. (2000), 429 U.S. 460
N/AOUTCOME: The US Supreme Court granted cert. and reversed the judgment against the client as violative of due process.
District Court entered judgment against a corporation in a patent infringement lawsuit, and also assessed attorney fees against not only the corporation, but also the client who was its sole sharehold ... er even though he had not been a party to the litigation.
Tyler v. City of Cleveland (8th Dist. 1998)
N/AOUTCOME: The court of appeals reversed a summary judgment for the municipality.
Client was injured when he fell through a defectively placed manhole cover maintained by the defendant municipality.
Krickler v. City of Brooklyn (8th Dist. 2002), 149 Ohio App.3d 97.
N/AOUTCOME: Court of appeals reversed a summary judgment for the municipality and mayor and ruled they could be held liable for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy.
The client municipal employee was fired by the newly elected mayor for having previously reported his on the job alcohol use when he had been a fellow municipal employee.
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