Longnecker v. Velontra Inc.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 5072

Syllabus

APPELLATE REVIEW/CIVIL — DECLARATORY JUDGMENT — BREACH OF CONTRACT — JURISDICTION – FINAL APPEALABLE ORDER – R.C. 2505.02 — CIV.R. 54(B) — SUMMARY JUDGMENT: The trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff on his breach-of-contract claim against defendant corporation was not a final order under R.C. 2505.02 where the trial court failed to award any damages for the breach. The trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff on his declaratory-judgment claim was improper because a genuine issue of material fact remains as to whether plaintiff's stock is subject to repurchase under the agreement: the terms of the stock restriction agreement are ambiguous and susceptible to more than one reasonable interpretation