Bland v. Bldg. for the Future Mgt., L.L.C.

Citations

• 259 N.E.3d 587
• 2024 Ohio 5391

Syllabus

Magistrate's authority; Civ.R. 53; magistrate's order; magistrate's decision; plain error. Judgment reversed and remanded. Because the magistrate exceeded the magistrate's authority when it granted default judgment against the appellants and dismissed appellants' counterclaim by way of a magistrate's order, it was error for the trial court to deny appellants' \objections.\ Further, the subsequent ruling by the trial court adopting the magistrate's decision regarding damages was plain error because it was premised on the erroneous magistrate's order.