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· 2/9/2024

Haught v. Kettering

Citations

  • 2024 Ohio 479

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment against appellant, who sought injunctive relief against a municipality. Appellant did not appeal from notices and orders concerning property violations and therefore failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before resorting to the common pleas court. As a result, appellant's claim was precluded. For the same reasons, appellant failed to show a substantial likelihood of success on the merits. Judgment affirmed.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting in vacating default judgment that even though defendant should have been more careful in monitoring the progress of a complaint, it did not mean the defendant acted willfully
  • defendant's carelessness in not monitoring lawsuit does not preclude relief from default under Rule 60(b)
  • defendant’s carelessness in not monitoring lawsuit does not preclude relief from default under Rule 60(b)
  • defendant asserted that it did not own or operate property where alleged tortious act occurred
  • “good cause” shown where attorney’s conduct, though improper, did not indicate “willful pattern of disregard for the court’s orders and rules”
  • facts did not support a finding that failure to appear was willful where defendant forwarded complaint to its insurance company and assumed insurance company filed an answer

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Judges: Welbaum

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