Rutan v. Kelly

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 4765

Syllabus

Brother and sister complaint in common pleas court alleging intentional interference with expectancy of inheritance, fraud, conversion, undue influence and other torts against siblings; all counts alleged underlying fraud regarding family business; plaintiffs aware of the fraud from the 1990s until 2014; court held the statute of limitations for fraud applied; discovery rule did not preserve claims; ripeness and standing raised for the first time on appeal and are waived; counts eight and nine contingent on success of the first seven counts and are moot; summary judgment affirmed.