Lofty Holding 656 E. 126th St., L.L.C. v. 656 E. 126th, Ltd.

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 1200

Syllabus

Personal jurisdiction; service; certified mail; ordinary mail; Civ.R. 4.6(D); motion for default judgment; rebuttable presumption; \evidentiary-quality information\; hearing. Judgment affirmed. The trial court's grant of default judgment was proper when plaintiff perfected service on the defendant. A court can acquire personal jurisdiction over the defendant by service of process upon the defendant. There is a rebuttable presumption of proper service when the civil rules governing service are followed. The presumption of proper service can be rebutted if the defendant presents sufficient \evidentiary-quality information demonstrating\ that service was not accomplished. Here, the record demonstrates that plaintiff perfected service by ordinary mail upon defendant. Defendant then failed to present any evidence rebutting the presumption when he failed to appear at the hearing regarding service, and plaintiff presented evidence that its ordinary mail service was sent to an address where there was a reasonable expectation that it would be delivered to the defendant.