Ohio Supreme Court· 2/12/1997

Vahila v. Hall

Citations

77 Ohio St. 3d 421
674 N.E.2d 1164

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holding that the plaintiff can establish harm other than losing the entire suit, such as a greater criminal sentence or a missed opportunity to settle a civil suit
explaining that the party moving for summary judgment bears the initial burden to inform the court of the basis for the motion and to identify the parts of the record that demonstrate the absence of a genuine issue of material fact on the essential elements of the nonmoving party’s claims
listing the elements as (1) that the attorney owed a duty or obligation to plaintiff, (2) that there was a breach of that duty and that the attorney failed to conform to the standard required by law, and (3
where moving party “fails to satisfy its initial burden, the motion for summary judgment must be denied”
“If the action is for trespassing under ground or injury to mines, or for the wrongful taking of personal property, the causes thereof shall not accrue until the wrongdoer is discovered; nor, if it is for fraud, until the fraud is discovered.”
extending Krahn to the civil context

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Judges: Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney

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