Roberts v. Boehl

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 1118

Syllabus

Plaintiff in personal injury action appeals decision granting summary judgment in favor of defendant who claimed to have fallen unconscious while operating motor vehicle before it impacted plaintiff's vehicle. Court found defendant proved that the accident was the result of defendant's unforeseeable and sudden medical emergency while operating his vehicle. There were genuine issues of fact for trial as to whether the defendant's medical emergency was foreseeable where the defendant testified that several years prior he had experienced the same sensation of lightheadedness before falling unconscious while driving and causing an accident.