Brown v. Reading Community School Dist. Bd. of Edn.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2757

Syllabus

SUMMARY JUDGMENT — EXPERT WITNESS — SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT — NEGLIGENCE — STANDARD OF CARE: The trial court did not err in awarding summary judgment to a contractor in a negligence dispute on the basis that a settlement agreement entered into between plaintiffs and the contractor was a full and final agreement barring plaintiffs from raising claims for future damages. The trial court did not err in awarding summary judgment to defendants in a negligence action involving downhill flooding allegedly caused by construction because plaintiffs failed to provide an expert witness that could testify to the standard of care.