Ullom v. Agoston

Citations

• 199 N.E.3d 693
• 2022 Ohio 3813

Syllabus

Civ.R. 12(C) motion for judgment on the pleadings de novo review res judicata interlocutory order/ruling Civ.R. 41 dismissal. The trial court properly granted the defendants' motion for judgment on pleadings on the ground of res judicata. In the original action, when the trial court granted judgment on the pleadings in favor of two defendants, that ended the case against those two defendants. Following the dismissal of the remaining claims, the trial court's judgment in favor of the defendants became a final, appealable order. The plaintiffs failed to appeal. The plaintiffs' refiled action against the same defendants as in the original action, for the same dispute, was barred under the doctrine of res judicata.