Plus Mgt. Servs., Inc. v. Liberty Healthcare Corp.

Citations

• 251 N.E.3d 288
• 2024 Ohio 3127

Syllabus

The trial court erred in entering summary judgment for appellees in the amount of $280,000 and later entering final judgment on two jury verdicts (breach of contract and conversion) that involved the same $280,000 in damages. Appellees had no viable conversion claim the asserted conversion claim did not exist separately from a breach-of-contract claim. The trial court properly entered judgment for appellees on a jury verdict for $540,000 based on appellant-cross-appellee's breach of an interim operating agreement. The trial court erred in awarding prejudgment interest because appellees failed to seek it within the time provided by Civ.R. 59(B). The trial court correctly directed a defense verdict on appellees' request for punitive damages. Judgment affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for filing of a new final judgment entry.