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· 3/18/2022

Fuller-Brown v. Ken She, Ltd.

Citations

  • 2022 Ohio 863

Syllabus

Property owner does not breach duty owed to licensee where licensee falls in a hole in the grassy area of the property between the curb and sidewalk, and where there is no evidence to show that the property owner was aware of the licensee's presence, was aware of the hole, or created the hole. Toledo Municipal Code sections 911.02 and 911.34 apply only to sidewalks and not to the grassy areas next to them.

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  • husband and daughter of twenty-nine year old woman who died as result of defective pool slide awarded $2.64 million in compensatory damages
  • jury awarded $100,000 for conscious pain and suffering to estate of woman who struck her head on deck of swimming pool when water slide collapsed, resulting in fractured vertebrae, quadriplegia, and eventual death
  • \statute ... does not set a maximum award. We have stated that the purposes of punitive damages include 'condemnation and deterrence' \ and \ 'there is nothing wrong with making it very expensive to kill people' \

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Judges: Osowik

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