Dudley v. Ohio Dept. of Transp.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 5188

Syllabus

Negligence; licensee. In a trial before the magistrate, judgment was rendered in favor of defendant for a claim of negligence as plaintiff did not establish by a preponderance of the evidence that defendant violated its duty of care owed to plaintiff at a public rest stop after a door closed on plaintiff, knocking her to the ground. The magistrate also concluded that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur was inapplicable as the evidence established that the rest stop door was not under the exclusive control of defendant at the time of the injury or at the time of the creation of the condition causing the injury. Judgment for defendant.