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...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, with respect to any silicosis claim or mixed dust disease claim based upon a nonmalignant condition that is not barred as of the effective date of this section, the period of limitations shall not begin to run until the exposed person discovers, or through the exercise of reasonable diligence should have discovered, that the person has a physical impairment...

...The following apply to all tort actions for silicosis or mixed dust disease claims brought against a premises owner to recover damages or other relief for exposure to silica or mixed dust on the premises owner's property: (A) A premises owner is not liable for any injury to any individual resulting from silica or mixed dust exposure unless that individual's alleged exposure occurred while the individual was a...

... operation of any workers' compensation law or veterans' benefit program or the exclusive remedy of subrogation under the provisions of that law or program and shall not authorize any lawsuit that is barred by any provision of any workers' compensation law. (C) Nothing in sections 2307.85, 2307.86, 2307.87, and 2307.88 of the Revised Code shall require or permit the exhumation of bodies in making the prima-facie sho...

...(A) If a plaintiff in a tort action alleges any injury or loss to person resulting from exposure to silica or mixed dust as a result of the tortious act of one or more defendants, in order to maintain a cause of action against any of those defendants based on that injury or loss, the plaintiff must prove that the conduct of that particular defendant was a substantial factor in causing the injury or loss on which the ...

...at obligation or liability under common law or otherwise. (E) This section is intended to codify the elements of the common law cause of action for piercing the corporate veil and to abrogate the common law cause of action and remedies relating to piercing the corporate veil in silicosis claims and mixed dust disease claims. Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating a right or cause of action that did n...

...l court, whether cognizable as cases at law or in equity or admiralty. "Civil action" does not include any of the following: (1) A civil action relating to any workers' compensation law; (2) A civil action alleging any claim or demand made against a trust established pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section 524(g); (3) A civil action alleging any claim or demand made against a trust established pursuant to a plan of reorgani...

...(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 impairment of the exposed person, to which the person's exposure to asbestos is a substantial contributing factor. (B) No person shall bring or maintain a tort action alleging an asbestos claim based on a nonmalignant condition in the absence of a prima-facie showing,...

...action or the right to relief under the law that is in effect prior to the effective date of this section. (c) If the court that has jurisdiction of the case finds that the plaintiff has failed to provide sufficient evidence to support the plaintiff's cause of action or right to relief under division (A)(3)(b) of this section, the court shall administratively dismiss the plaintiff's claim without prejudice. The cour...

...(A) The plaintiff in any tort action who alleges an asbestos claim shall, within sixty days after filing any complaint, provide all parties with a sworn statement specifying the basis for each asbestos claim against each defendant, including the following: (1) The name, address, date of birth, marital status, occupation, smoking history, current and past worksites, and current and past employers of the exposed pers...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, with respect to any asbestos claim based upon a nonmalignant condition that is not barred as of the effective date of this section, the period of limitations shall not begin to run until the exposed person has a cause of action for bodily injury pursuant to section 2305.10 of the Revised Code. An asbestos claim based upon a nonmalignant condition that is fi...

...(A) The following apply to all tort actions for asbestos claims brought against a premises owner to recover damages or other relief for exposure to asbestos on the premises owner's property: (1) A premises owner is not liable for any injury to any individual resulting from asbestos exposure unless that individual's alleged exposure occurred while the individual was at the premises owner's property. (2) If exposure ...

... operation of any workers' compensation law or veterans' benefit program or the exclusive remedy of subrogation under the provisions of that law or program and shall not authorize any lawsuit that is barred by any provision of any workers' compensation law. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of section 2307.92 of the Revised Code and in other provisions that relate to the application of that division and the pro...

...24(g), or other applicable provision of law, that are formed for the purpose of compensating claimants asserting eligible asbestos claims, and that are in existence on the date initially set for trial in the asbestos tort action. (D) "Asbestos trust claim" means any claim for compensation by an exposed person or the exposed person's representative against any asbestos trust. (E) "Cancer" means a malignant cond...

...ise barred or deferred under applicable law or within thirty days of the effective date of this section with respect to an asbestos tort action that is pending on that effective date and in which discovery has commenced, a claimant shall provide to all of the parties in the action a sworn statement by the claimant, under penalty of perjury, identifying all existing asbestos trust claims made by or on behalf of ...

...(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 the court, with notice to the claimant and to all of the parties in the action, for an order to stay the proceedings. A defendant's motion to stay the proceedings shall set forth credible evidence that demonstrates all of the following: (1) The identities of all asbestos trus...

... may impose any sanction provided by a law of this state, including, but not limited to, vacating a judgment rendered in an asbestos tort action for a claimant's failure to comply with the disclosure requirements of this section and sections 2307.952 and 2307.953 of the Revised Code. (E)(1) If subsequent to obtaining a judgment in an asbestos tort action in this state a claimant files any additional asbestos ...

...(A) If a plaintiff in a tort action alleges any injury or loss to person resulting from exposure to asbestos as a result of the tortious act of one or more defendants, in order to maintain a cause of action against any of those defendants based on that injury or loss, the plaintiff must prove that the conduct of that particular defendant was a substantial factor in causing the injury or loss on which the cause of act...

...corporation that is organized under the laws of this state; (b) A foreign corporation that is organized under laws other than the laws of this state and that has had a certificate of authority to transact business in this state or has done business in this state. (4) "Successor" means a corporation or a subsidiary of a corporation that assumes or incurs, or had assumed or incurred, successor asbestos-related liabil...

...at obligation or liability under common law or otherwise. (E) This section is intended to codify the elements of the common law cause of action for piercing the corporate veil and to abrogate the common law cause of action and remedies relating to piercing the corporate veil in asbestos claims. Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating a right or cause of action that did not exist under the common law a...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Manufactured home" has the same meaning as in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. (B) "Mobile home" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Residential condominium unit" means a "residential unit" as defined in section 5311.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Residential mortgage loan" means a loan or agreement to extend credit, including the renewal, refinanci...

...ion secured by the mortgage pursuant to law outside of Chapter 1303. of the Revised Code. (B) If a motion to proceed in an expedited manner is filed before the last answer period has expired, the court shall decide the motion not later than twenty-one days, or within the time consistent with the local rules, after the last answer period has expired. If a motion to proceed in an expedited manner is filed after the l...

...(A) I f a residential property is found to be vacant and abandoned under section 2308.02 of the Revised Code, a mortgagee on the residential property may enter that property to secure and protect it from damage. (B) A mortgagee that has not filed a residential mortgage loan foreclosure action on a property for which the mortgagee holds a mortgage may enter and secure that property only if the mortgage contract or o...

...(A) No person shall use plywood to secure real property that is deemed vacant and abandoned under section 2308.02 of the Revised Code. (B) Division (A) of this section shall not apply to any person that uses plywood to secure real property that is deemed vacant and abandoned under section 2308.02 of the Revised Code prior to the effective date of this section .

...(A) A person is guilty of criminal mischief in violation of division (A)(1) of section 2909.07 of the Revised Code if all of the following apply: (1) The person knowingly and with purpose to diminish the value or enjoyment of the residential real property moves, defaces, damages, destroys, or otherwise improperly tampers with the person's own residential real property. (2) The residential real property is subject t...

...When cross demands have existed between persons under such circumstances that if one had brought an action against the other a counterclaim could have been set up, neither can be deprived of the benefit thereof by assignment by the other, or by his death. The two demands must be deemed compensated so far as they equal each other.