Morris v. Ohio Dept. of Transp.

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 1594

Syllabus

Negligence magistrate Civ.R. 53(C) proximate cause. Plaintiff asserted that defendant was negligent in the placement and maintenance of road lines which caused plaintiff to sustain injuries when another motorist turned and hit her motorcycle. Plaintiff asserted that there should have been a solid yellow line at the place of her accident when there was a yellow skip line and that ODOT was negligent when it placed the skip line there. Plaintiff also asserted that there should not have been a solid white line at the location of her accident. The magistrate determined that plaintiff failed to prove that the presence or absence of any lines was the proximate cause of her injuries. Therefore, the magistrate recommended judgment in favor of the defendant.