Olmsted Falls v. Bowman

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 5100

Syllabus

Motion to compel; motion for protective order; attorney-client privilege; foreclosure; liens; summary judgment; res judicata; R.C. 2329.02; R.C. 2323.07. Judgment affirmed. The trial court properly granted the appellee's motion for a protective order and denied the appellant's motion to compel. The subject information was not discoverable because it was protected under the attorney-client privilege. The trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of the appellee. The appellee obtained two judgments from courts of general jurisdiction against the appellant. In accordance with R.C. 2329.02, the appellee recorded the judgments as liens against appellant's property located in appellee's jurisdiction. The appellee initiated this foreclosure action under R.C. 2323.07. The facts surrounding the judgments appellee obtained have been extensively litigated and appellant's attempts to contest the judgments are barred under the doctrine of res judicata. There were no genuine issues of material fact to be litigated in this foreclosure action.