Woods v. Douglas

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 338

Syllabus

Stay due process abuse of discretion default judgment sanctions damages. - Trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting a motion for a stay in eviction proceedings against the defendants to wait for a ruling on defendants' Civ.R. 60(B) motion for relief from judgment of the foreclosure proceedings the stay did not violate plaintiff's due process rights the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff's motion for default judgment where two of the defendants had answered and the other defendants had not been properly served the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff's motion for sanctions without a hearing because there was no arguable basis for an award of sanctions the trial court did not err in denying the plaintiff's damages claim because the plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence that the defendants caused any damage to the property.