Yeckley Ents., Inc. v. Huntington Natl. Bank

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 5812

Syllabus

Civ.R. 56(C); breach of contract; negligence; damages; economic loss doctrine. Trial court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of defendant bank on plaintiff's breach-of-contract and negligence claims. Even assuming bank breached account agreement by changing the mailing address on plaintiff's accounts without its authorization, plaintiff did not demonstrate the existence of a genuine issue of material fact as to whether any damages it sustained as a result of cashing \bad checks\ for a third party resulted from the bank's breach of the account agreement. Because plaintiff failed to allege any negligent conduct that was separate and independent from any alleged breach of contract, its negligence claim was barred by the economic loss doctrine.