Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2307 - Civil Actions

• Section 2307.01 - Action Defined.
  An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, involving process, pleadings, and ending in a judgment or decree, by which a...
• Section 2307.011 - Civil Action Definitions.
  As used in Chapters 2307. and 2315. of the Revised Code: (A) "Conduct" means actions or omissions. (B) "Contributory fault" means contributory negligence, other...
• Section 2307.02 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 04-01-1986
• Section 2307.03 To 2307.05 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1971
• Section 2307.06 - Suit On Bond.
  When a person forfeits his bond, or renders his sureties liable thereon, a person injured thereby, or who is entitled to the benefit of...
• Section 2307.07 - Copy Of Bond.
  On tender of the proper fee, the custodian of the bond referred to in section 2307.06 of the Revised Code shall deliver a copy...
• Section 2307.08 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1971
• Section 2307.09 - Married Woman May Sue And Be Sued.
  A married woman may sue and be sued as if she were unmarried, and her husband may be joined with her only when the...
• Section 2307.10 - Wife's Right To Defend.
  When husband and wife are sued together, the wife may defend for her own right; and if the husband neglects to defend[,] she also...
• Section 2307.11, 2307.111 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1971
• Section 2307.12 - Next Friend Liable For Costs.
  The next friend shall be liable for the costs of the action brought by him. When a next friend is insolvent the court, on...
• Section 2307.13 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1971
• Section 2307.131 - Appointment Of Trustee Of Interest Of Person Not Yet Born - Representing Future Interest Of Charitable Trust.
  If in any action it shall appear that any persons not yet born are or may become entitled to, or may upon coming into...
• Section 2307.14 - Compensation And Replacement Of Guardian Ad Litem Or Trustee.
  The court shall require a guardian ad litem, or a trustee appointed under section 2307.131 of the Revised Code, faithfully to discharge the guardian...
• Section 2307.15 - Determination Of Insanity Of A Party.
  When the insanity of a party is not manifest to the court, and the fact of insanity is disputed by a party or an...
• Section 2307.16 - Partnership May Sue Or Be Sued By Its Name.
  A partnership formed for the purpose of carrying on a trade or business in this state, or holding property in this state, may sue...
• Section 2307.161 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1971
• Section 2307.17 - Person Claiming Property Interest May Be Made A Party.
  In an action for the recovery of real or personal property, a person claiming an interest in the property, on application, may be made...
• Section 2307.18 - Officer Acting Under Process May Interplead.
  A judicial officer against whom an action is brought to recover personal property taken by the officer on execution, or for the proceeds of...
• Section 2307.19 To 2307.20 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1971
• Section 2307.22 - Joint And Several Tort Liability.
  (A) Subject to sections 2307.23 and 2307.24 and except as provided in division (B) of section 2307.70, division (B) of section 4507.07, section 4399.02,...
• Section 2307.23 - Determining Percentage Of Tortious Conduct Attributable To Party In Tort Action.
  (A) In determining the percentage of tortious conduct attributable to a party in a tort action under section 2307.22 or sections 2315.32 to 2315.36...
• Section 2307.24 - Joint And Several Liability That Is Not Based In Tort.
  (A) Sections 2307.22 and 2307.23 of the Revised Code do not affect joint and several liability that is not based in tort. (B) Sections...
• Section 2307.25 - Right Of Contribution.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 2307.25 to 2307.28 of the Revised Code, if one or more persons are jointly and severally liable...
• Section 2307.26 - Enforcing Contribution One Or More Tortfeasors.
  If a judgment that imposes joint and several liability has been entered in an action against one or more tortfeasors for the same injury...
• Section 2307.27 - Satisfying Judgment - Apportioning Liability.
  (A) The recovery of a judgment for an injury or loss to person or property or a wrongful death against one tortfeasor does not...
• Section 2307.28 - Release Or A Covenant Not To Sue Or Not To Enforce Judgment.
  When a release or a covenant not to sue or not to enforce judgment is given in good faith to one of two or...
• Section 2307.29 - Contribution Rights Relation To Other Statutes.
  No provision of sections 2307.25 to 2307.28 of the Revised Code applies to a tort claim to the extent that sections 2307.22 to 2307.24...
• Section 2307.30 - Separate Composition Of Joint Debtor With Creditor.
  (A) A joint debtor may make a separate composition or compromise with any creditor. Any composition or compromise shall be a full and effectual...
• Section 2307.31 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 04-09-2003
• Section 2307.311 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1971
• Section 2307.32, 2307.33 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 04-09-2003
• Section 2307.331 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-06-2001
• Section 2307.34 - Cause Of Action For Contribution In Favor Of Primary Insurer Against Secondary Insurer.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Leased motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is the subject of a lease agreement governed by...
• Section 2307.35 To 2307.38 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1971
• Section 2307.381 - Long-arm Statute Definitions.
  As used in sections 2307.381 to 2307.385, inclusive, of the Revised Code, "person" includes an individual, his executor, administrator, or other personal representative, or...
• Section 2307.382 - Personal Jurisdiction.
  (A) A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person who acts directly or by an agent, as to a cause of action arising...
• Section 2307.383, 2307.384 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1971
• Section 2307.385 - Jurisdiction.
  A court of this state may exercise jurisdiction on any other basis authorized in the Revised Code notwithstanding sections 2307.381 to 2307.385, inclusive, of...
• Section 2307.39 - Agreements To Be Bound By Ohio Law.
  (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, any person may bring a civil action in a court of this state against...
• Section 2307.40 - Members And Officers Of The General Assembly Privileged From Answering.
  A member of the senate or house of representatives, or an officer of either branch of the general assembly, shall be privileged from answering...
• Section 2307.41 - Venue For Aircraft Negligence.
  Actions for injury to a person or property caused by the negligence of the pilot, operator, legal or equitable owner, lessor, or lessee of...
• Section 2307.42, 2307.43 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-06-2001
• Section 2307.44 - Hazing Civil Liability.
  Any person who is subjected to hazing, as defined in division (A) of section 2903.31 of the Revised Code, may commence a civil action...
• Section 2307.45 - Reciprocity In Enforcing Tax Statutes.
  The courts of this state shall recognize and enforce statutes concerning taxation constitutionally imposed by other states that extend like comity. Effective Date: 09-21-1982
• Section 2307.46 - Request For Confidentiality By Woman Bringing Civil Action Based On Abortion.
  (A) In any civil action based on or related to any injury, death, or loss to person or property suffered as a result of...
• Section 2307.48 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-06-2001
• Section 2307.50 - Civil Action To Recover Damages For Interference With The Parental Or Guardianship Interest.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Child stealing crime" means a violation of sections 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.03, and 2919.23 of the Revised Code...
• Section 2307.51 - Civil Action For Damages Related To Crime Of Trafficking In Persons.
  (A) A victim of a violation of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code has and may commence a civil cause of action for compensatory...
• Section 2307.52 - Civil Action For Damages For Terminating Or Attempting Termination Of Pregnancy After Viability.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Frivolous conduct" has the same meaning as in section 2323.51 of the Revised Code. (2) "Viable" has...
• Section 2307.53 - Civil Action For Damages For Partial Birth Feticide.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Frivolous conduct" has the same meaning as in section 2323.51 of the Revised Code. (2) "Partial birth...
• Section 2307.60 - Civil Action For Damages For Criminal Act.
  (A) (1) Anyone injured in person or property by a criminal act has, and may recover full damages in, a civil action unless specifically...
• Section 2307.601 - No Duty To Retreat In Residence Or Vehicle.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Residence" and "vehicle" have the same meanings as in section 2901.05 of the Revised Code. (2) "Tort...
• Section 2307.61 - Civil Action For Willful Damage Or Theft.
  (A) If a property owner brings a civil action pursuant to division (A) of section 2307.60 of the Revised Code to recover damages from...
• Section 2307.611 - Damages In Actions For Identity Fraud.
  A person who brings a civil action pursuant to division (A) of section 2307.60 of the Revised Code to recover damages from any person...
• Section 2307.62 - Civil Action For Damages By Cable Television Owner Or Operator.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Cable service" and "cable system" have the same meanings as in section 2913.04 of the Revised Code....
• Section 2307.63 - Consent As Defense In Action Against Mental Health Professional Based On Sexual Conduct Or Contact.
  (A) In an action for assault or battery brought against a mental health professional that asserts as a claim that, while the plaintiff was...
• Section 2307.64 - Regulating Electronic Mail Advertisements.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Advertisement" has the same meaning as in section 4931.10 of the Revised Code. (2) "Computer," "computer network,"...
• Section 2307.65 - Civil Action To Recover Benefits Improperly Paid.
  (A) The attorney general may bring a civil action in the Franklin county court of common pleas on behalf of the department of medicaid,...
• Section 2307.70 - Civil Action For Damages For Vandalism, Desecration Or Ethnic Intimidation.
  (A) Any person who suffers injury or loss to person or property as a result of an act committed in violation of section 2909.05,...
• Section 2307.71 - Product Liability Definitions.
  (A) As used in sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code: (1) "Claimant" means either of the following: (a) A person who asserts...
• Section 2307.711 - Assumption Of Risk As Affirmative Defense To Product Liability Claim.
  (A) Subject to divisions (B)(1), (2), and (3) of this section, sections 2315.32 to 2315.36 of the Revised Code apply to a product liability...
• Section 2307.72 - Civil Action For Product Liability Claim.
  (A) Any recovery of compensatory damages based on a product liability claim is subject to sections 2307.71 to 2307.79 of the Revised Code. (B)...
• Section 2307.73 - Liability Of Manufacturer - Enterprise Liability Rejected.
  (A) A manufacturer is subject to liability for compensatory damages based on a product liability claim only if the claimant establishes, by a preponderance...
• Section 2307.74 - Product Defective In Manufacture Or Construction.
  A product is defective in manufacture or construction if, when it left the control of its manufacturer, it deviated in a material way from...
• Section 2307.75 - Product Defective In Design Or Formulation.
  (A) Subject to divisions (D), (E), and (F) of this section, a product is defective in design or formulation if, at the time it...
• Section 2307.76 - Product Defective Due To Inadequate Warning Or Instruction.
  (A) Subject to divisions (B) and (C) of this section, a product is defective due to inadequate warning or instruction if either of the...
• Section 2307.77 - Product Conforming To Representation Made By Manufacturer.
  A product is defective if it did not conform, when it left the control of its manufacturer, to a representation made by that manufacturer....
• Section 2307.78 - Liability Of Supplier.
  (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, a supplier is subject to liability for compensatory damages based on a product liability claim only...
• Section 2307.79 - Compensatory Damages For Economic Loss From Manufacturer Or Supplier.
  (A) If a claimant is entitled to recover compensatory damages for harm from a manufacturer in accordance with section 2307.73 of the Revised Code...
• Section 2307.791, 2307.791 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-06-2001
• Section 2307.80 - Punitive Or Exemplary Damages From Manufacturer Or Supplier.
  (A) Subject to divisions (C) and (D) of this section, punitive or exemplary damages shall not be awarded against a manufacturer or supplier in...
• Section 2307.801 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-06-2001
• Section 2307.81 - Dissemination Of False Information About The Safety Of Ohio's Food Supply.
  (A) The general assembly finds that the production of agricultural and aquacultural food products constitutes an important and significant portion of the economy of...
• Section 2307.84 - Silicosis Or Mixed Dust Disease Claims - Definitions.
  As used in sections 2307.84 to 2307.90 and 2307.901 of the Revised Code: (A) "AMA guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment" means the...
• Section 2307.85 - Silicosis Claim - Prima Facie Showing - Evidence Of Physical Impairment - Effect Of Decision.
  (A) Physical impairment of the exposed person, to which the person's exposure to silica is a substantial contributing factor, shall be an essential element...
• Section 2307.86 - Mixed Dust Disease Claim - Prima Facie Showing - Evidence Of Physical Impairment - Effect Of Decision.
  (A) Physical impairment of the exposed person, to which the person's exposure to mixed dust is a substantial contributing factor, shall be an essential...
• Section 2307.87 - Silicosis Or Mixed Dust Disease Claim - Filing Of Evidence Of Physical Impairment - Challenge - Administrative Dismissal.
  (A) The plaintiff in any tort action who alleges a silicosis claim or a mixed dust disease claim shall file, within thirty days after...
• Section 2307.88 - Silicosis Or Mixed Dust Disease Claim - Tolling Of Statute Of Limitations - Nonmalignant And Cancer Claims Distinct.
  (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, with respect to any silicosis claim or mixed dust disease claim based upon a nonmalignant...
• Section 2307.89 - Silicosis Or Mixed Dust Disease Claim Against Premises Owner.
  The following apply to all tort actions for silicosis or mixed dust disease claims brought against a premises owner to recover damages or other...
• Section 2307.90 - Silicosis Or Mixed Dust Disease Claim - Operation Of Other Laws Unaffected - Exhumation Not Required.
  (A) Nothing in sections 2307.84 to 2307.90 of the Revised Code is intended to do, and nothing in any of those sections is interpreted...
• Section 2307.901 - Silicosis Or Mixed Dust Disease Claim - Multiple Defendants - Substantial Factor Test.
  (A) If a plaintiff in a tort action alleges any injury or loss to person resulting from exposure to silica or mixed dust as...
• Section 2307.902 - Silicosis Or Mixed Dust Disease Claim - Piercing The Corporate Veil.
  (A) A holder has no obligation to, and has no liability to, the covered entity or to any person with respect to any obligation...
• Section 2307.91 - Asbestos Claims - Definitions.
  As used in sections 2307.91 to 2307.96 of the Revised Code: (A) "AMA guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment" means the American medical...
• Section 2307.92 - Asbestos Claim - Prima Facie Showing - Evidence Of Physical Impairment - Effect Of Decision.
  (A) For purposes of section 2305.10 and sections 2307.92 to 2307.95 of the Revised Code, "bodily injury caused by exposure to asbestos" means physical...
• Section 2307.93 - Asbestos Claim - Filing Of Evidence Of Physical Impairment - Challenge - Administrative Dismissal.
  (A) (1) The plaintiff in any tort action who alleges an asbestos claim shall file, within thirty days after filing the complaint or other...
• Section 2307.94 - Asbestos Claim - Tolling Of Statute Of Limitations - Nonmalignant And Cancer Claims Distinct.
  (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, with respect to any asbestos claim based upon a nonmalignant condition that is not barred...
• Section 2307.941 - Asbestos Claim Against Premises Owner.
  (A) The following apply to all tort actions for asbestos claims brought against a premises owner to recover damages or other relief for exposure...
• Section 2307.95 - Asbestos Claim - Operation Of Other Laws Unaffected.
  (A) Nothing in sections 2307.92 to 2307.95 of the Revised Code is intended to do, and nothing in any of those sections shall be...
• Section 2307.951 - Definitions For Rc Sections 2307.952 To 2307.954.
  As used in this section and sections 2307.952 to 2307.954 of the Revised Code: (A) "Asbestos," "asbestos claim," and "tort action" have the same...
• Section 2307.952 - Disclosures Pertaining To Asbestos Trust Claims.
  (A) (1) (a) Within thirty days after the commencement of discovery in an asbestos tort action that is not otherwise barred or deferred under...
• Section 2307.953 - Motion To Stay Proceedings In Asbestos Tort Action.
  (A) Not less than seventy-five days prior to the commencement of trial, any defendant in an asbestos tort action may file a motion with...
• Section 2307.954 - Disclosure Of Noncancer Asbestos Trust Claims And Cancer Asbestos Trust Claims.
  (A) A noncancer asbestos trust claim and a cancer asbestos trust claim are based on distinct injuries caused by a person's exposure to asbestos....
• Section 2307.96 - Asbestos Claim - Multiple Defendants - Substantial Factor Test.
  (A) If a plaintiff in a tort action alleges any injury or loss to person resulting from exposure to asbestos as a result of...
• Section 2307.97 - Cumulative Successor Asbestos-related Liabilities Of Corporation.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Asbestos" means chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, actinolite asbestos, and any of these minerals that...
• Section 2307.98 - Asbestos Claim - Piercing The Corporate Veil.
  (A) A holder has no obligation to, and has no liability to, the covered entity or to any person with respect to any obligation...

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