Gembarski v. PartsSource, Inc. (Slip Opinion)

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 3231

Syllabus

Civil law—Civ.R. 23(A)—In a class-certification case, when the case originates with a single named plaintiff and that plaintiff is not subject to an arbitration agreement that was entered into by unnamed putative class members, the defendant need not raise a specific argument referring or relating to arbitration in the answer—Defendant may raise an argument that relates to arbitration against putative class members at the class-certification stage of proceedings—Court of appeals' judgment reversed and cause remanded.