Vesper v. Otterbein Lebanon

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 4545

Syllabus

Plaintiffs, relatives of nursing home resident, sued nursing home, claiming a Consumer Sales Practices Act violations by suing the plaintiffs in an attempt to recover the resident's unpaid nursing home bills. Court granted summary to the nursing home. Nursing home's lawsuit contained colorable claims against plaintiffs. A lawsuit presenting colorable claims, even if defenses to those claims existed, did not constitute an unfair/deceptive or unconscionable act.