Robinson v. Vehicle Acceptance Corp.

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 6886

Syllabus

Motion for summary judgment indispensable party Consumer Sales Practices Act fraud unjust enrichment repossession. Where a third party unlawfully repossessed the plaintiff's vehicle, the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to defendant based on plaintiff's failure to join that party as an indispensable party where the parties' respective motions for summary judgment could be decided without that party plaintiff's claims for defendant's alleged violation of the Consumer Sales Practices Act, fraud, and unjust enrichment failed as a matter of law where the defendant's alleged actions were not the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injury (the loss of her vehicle) and defendant was not liable for the third-party's criminal act.