Lloyd v. Thornsbery

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 239

Syllabus

CIVIL - For cases filed in Ohio state courts, the Ohio.R.Civ.Pro. Apply, not the FRCP Supreme Court of Ohio's Guidelines for Assignments of Judges have not been adopted as rules pursuant to Article IV, Section 5 of the Ohio Constitution and are not binding on Ohio courts the Rules of Superintendence are not the equivalent of rules of procedure and have no force equivalent to a statute appellate courts lack jurisdiction to review the appointment of a visiting judge so appointed by the Supreme Court of Ohio failure to abide by trial court's local rules regarding attorney's withdrawal did not merit reversal where appellant acknowledges notice of intent to withdraw was sent to her via email appellant in a civil case generally has no right to the appointment of counsel unsolicited emails from appellant to opposing counsel's firm relating to an unrelated case did not create a conflict of interest with opposing counsel's representation of defendant-appellees appeal is not the appropriate vehicle for an alleged violation of R.C.149.43 trial court did not err in granting directed verdict for several defendants when no allegations of their wrong-doing, or even their names, were presented in plaintiff's opening statements there is generally no constitutional right to discovery plaintiff was not entitled to additional discovery time-extensions when neither she nor her attorney pursued the request for over two years trial court did not err in limiting opening statements to 20 minutes when counsel agreed, denied needing additional time, and time limit was applied equally to all parties testimony of plaintiff's doctor from another unrelated case was inadmissible hearsay trial court's jury instructions were not erroneous for failing to include a separate instruction on destruction of timber and \willful and wanton conduct\ where these claims were included in other instructions appellant may not raise issues of summary judgment on appeal when she did not move for summary judgment be