Hunter v. Rhino Shield

Citations

• 237 N.E.3d 254
• 2024 Ohio 261

Syllabus

The trial court did not err when awarding sanctions in favor of appellees under R.C. 2323.51. It was frivolous conduct to sue entities that had no connection to the plaintiffs and were not parties to the original agreement they entered into, to sue an entity that did not exist at the time of contracting, and to refuse to dismiss those entities as defendants. Nor did the trial court err when overruling appellant's motion for sanctions based on alleged frivolous conduct because the subjects of the motion were non-parties who did not engage in a conspiracy to avoid service, but actually provided appellant with an address for proper service. Because there were no reasonable grounds for the appeal, appellees' motion for sanctions under App.R. 23 is granted.