McCain v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr.

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 3946

Syllabus

Civ.R. 12(C), defamation, inmate. Plaintiff, an inmate under the custody and control of the defendant, filed an action asserting that defendant was liable to him for defamation based on an allegedly false conduct report authored by defendant's employee. Defendant filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings arguing plaintiff's claim is barred by the one-year statute of limitations. Finding that the time begins to run on a defamation claim from the time the words are written or spoken, and not when plaintiff becomes aware of them, the court granted defendant's motion because plaintiff's claim was filed more than one year from the time the conduct report was authored.