Hayes v. Durrani

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 725

Syllabus

JURY INSTRUCTIONS – FLIGHT – EVIDENCE – ABUSE OF DISCRETION: Where the trial court determined that a requested jury instruction on flight was not probative towards resolution of the claims in the case and would require speculation as to why defendant fled, the court did not abuse its discretion in declining to provide the instruction. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in prohibiting plaintiff from cross-examining defendants' expert witnesses on defendant's flight where the trial court did not otherwise limit cross-examination on the absent defendant's medical records and plaintiff suffered no material prejudice.