Berhane v. Walmart, Inc.

Citations

• 252 N.E.3d 542
• 2024 Ohio 3163

Syllabus

NEGLIGENCE/SLIP AND FALL – PROCEDURE/RULES – SERVICE OF PROCESS: The trial court erred by granting defendant's motion to dismiss with prejudice on service of process and statute of limitations grounds where plaintiff served by certified mail a storefront of defendant where the plaintiff's slip and fall injury occurred and thus raised a presumption of proper service, where defendant failed to assert that the store was not one of defendant's usual places of business or that the service was otherwise ineffective against it, and where defendant failed to rebut the presumption of proper service.