Update: read what happened on remand here.

“We hold that under the plain language of R.C. 2315.18(A)(7), defamation is a ‘civil action for damages for injury or loss to person.’”

Justice Fischer, majority opinion

“Defamation is an injury or loss to reputation, not to person, and therefore the caps on damages in R.C. 2315.18 do

Update: read what happened on remand here.

“We hold that under the plain language of R.C. 2315.18(A)(7), defamation is a ‘civil action for damages for injury or loss to person.’”

Justice Fischer, majority opinion

“Defamation is an injury or loss to reputation, not to person, and therefore the caps on damages in R.C. 2315.18 do

Update: On December 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On August 1, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case Ann Wayt v. DHSC, LLC2017-1548. At issue is whether R.C. 2315.18 caps non-economic compensatory damages

Update: On December 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On August 1, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case Ann Wayt v. DHSC, LLC2017-1548. At issue is whether R.C. 2315.18 caps non-economic compensatory damages

Update: On December 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On August 1, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case Ann Wayt v. DHSC, LLC, 2017-1548. At

“It’s déjà vu all over again.” Yogi Berra.

On December 14, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Simpkins v. Grace Brethren Church 2016-Ohio-8118.  At issue in the case was an as-applied constitutional challenge to the caps on noneconomic tort damages set out in R.C. 2315.18(B). In another fractured