Kern v. Mishler

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 1698

Syllabus

SUMMARY JUDGMENT; STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS; DISCOVERY RULE; PUNITIVE DAMAGES; ACTUAL MALICE; JURY INSTRUCTION; ATTORNEY FEES; MANIFEST WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE; COMPENSATORY DAMAGES. The trial court did not err by granting (partial) summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees as to the plaintiff-appellant's claims because the plaintiff-appellant's claims are time-barred by the applicable statute of limitations. The trial court's punitive damages jury instruction on actual malice was not plain error. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in its attorney fee award. The jury's compensatory damages award is not against the manifest weight of the evidence.