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...ivil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (2) "Trier of fact" means the jury or, in a nonjury action, the court. (3) "Home" has the same meaning as in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code. (4) "Employer" includes, but is not limited to, a parent, subsidiary, affiliate, division, or department of the employer. If the employer is an individual, the individual shall be c...

...n the action or proceeding relates to a contract made through an agent by a person since deceased, and the agent is competent to testify as a witness, a party may testify on the same subject; (C) If a party, or one having a direct interest, testifies to transactions or conversations with another party, the latter may testify as to the same transactions or conversations; (D) If a party offers evidence of conver...

...ivil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (4) "Trier of fact" means the jury or, in a nonjury action, the court. (B) Consistent with the Rules of Evidence, any party to a tort action may present evidence of the cost of an annuity in connection with any issue of recoverable future damages. If such evidence is presented, then the trier of fact may consider that evidence in...

... note, bond, security agreement, lease, contract, or other evidence of indebtedness executed on or after January 1, 1974, is invalid and the courts are without authority to render a judgment based upon such a warrant unless there appears on the instrument evidencing the indebtedness, directly above or below the space or spaces provided for the signatures of the makers, or other person authorizing the confession, in s...

...ysician for injury or death, whether in contract or tort, arising out of the provision of or failure to provide health care services, shall be deemed to have a temporary license to practice medicine in this state solely for the purpose of providing such testimony and is subject to the authority of the state medical board and the provisions of Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code. The conclusion of an action against a ph...

...ivil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (7) "Trier of fact" means the jury or, in a nonjury action, the court. (B)(1) In any tort action that is tried to a jury and in which a plaintiff makes a good faith claim against the defendant in question for future damages that exceed two hundred thousand dollars, upon motion of that plaintiff or the defendant in question, the c...

...isfy any judgment or order arising upon contract or otherwise, but the owner thereof may create valid liens thereon by bill of sale or mortgage.

...) When the judgment debtor fraudulently contracted the debt or incurred the obligation upon which the judgment was rendered; (E) When the judgment was rendered for money, or other valuable thing, lost by playing at any game or by means of any bet or wager; (F) When the judgment debtor was arrested on an order before judgment and has not been discharged as an insolvent debtor, or the order has not been set aside.

...ther joint-stock company, or in a money contract, claim, or chose in action, due or to become due to him, or in a judgment or order, or money, goods, or effects which he has in the possession of any person or body politic or corporate, shall be subject to the payment of the judgment by action.

... vendor charges the clerk pursuant to a contract entered into under division (B)(1) of section 2335.24 of the Revised Code for collecting the judgment for costs against the person who is liable for the payment of those costs. (C) The clerk of a court who wishes to issue a certificate of judgment for costs pursuant to a judgment for costs shall provide an itemized bill of fees and costs to the person who is liable fo...

...ount) United States dollars." (G) If a contract claim is of the type covered by division (A) or (B) of section 2337.05 of the Revised Code, the judgment or award must be entered for the amount of money stated to measure the obligation to be paid in the money specified for payment or, at the option of the debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the computed amount of the money of payment on th...

...nt, and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating causes, supplement these sections.

...The contractor for publishing the reports under section 2503.24 of the Revised Code shall give a bond to the state in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, with such sureties as the supreme court requires, conditioned for the faithful performance of his contract within the time and in the manner provided by law and the order of the court. Such bond shall be deposited with the secretary of state and kept in his office...

...to compel the specific performance of a contract for the sale of real property, when the defendant is not a resident of this state or his place of residence cannot be ascertained; (E) In connection with giving notice of the admission of a will to probate, when the place of residence of a defendant or other person entitled to notice is not known and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained; (F) In an action b...

...rm or a defense to avoid liability on a contract arising out of the mediation. (C) A mediator may not be compelled to provide evidence of a mediation communication referred to in division (A)(6) or (B)(2) of this section. (D) If a mediation communication is not privileged under division (A) or (B) of this section, only the portion of the communication necessary for the application of the exception from nondisclosur...

...s included in a commercial construction contract and the making of the arbitration agreement or the failure to perform it is in issue in a petition filed under division (A) of this section, the court shall proceed summarily to the trial of that issue, and the court shall hear and determine that issue.

...To be valid and enforceable any arbitration agreements pursuant to sections 2711.01 and 2711.22 of the Revised Code for controversies involving a medical, dental, chiropractic, or optometric claim that is entered into prior to a patient receiving any care, diagnosis, or treatment shall include or be subject to the following conditions: (A) The agreement shall provide that the care, diagnosis, or treatment will be...

...is creditors; (E) That he fraudulently contracted the debt or incurred the obligation for which suit is about to be or has been brought; (F) That the money, or other valuable thing, for which a recovery is sought in the action, was lost by playing at any game or by means of a bet or wager. The affidavit also must contain a statement of the facts claimed to justify the belief in the existence of one or more of such...

... a different rate provided in a written contract and specify the applicable interest rate; and shall state that that total probable amount includes the court costs awarded to the judgment creditor and specify the amount of those court costs. (C)(1) A continuous order of garnishment of personal earnings described in division (B) of this section remains in effect until whichever of the following first occurs: (a) The...

...t by law, or when it claims or holds by contract or otherwise, or has exercised a franchise, privilege, or right in contravention of law; (E) When any application for a license to transact business in this state filed by a foreign corporation, any articles of incorporation of a domestic corporation or any amendment to them, or any certificate of merger or consolidation which set forth a corporate name prohibited by ...

...rt, by any of the following means: (A) Contract; (B) License; (C) Gift; (D) Trust; (E) Will; (F) Operation of the laws of intestate succession applicable to the state administering the majority of the real and personal property of an individual who died intestate, regardless of whether that state recognizes the right of publicity as a property right.

...ersons knowledgeable about construction contract law, a member of the construction industry panel of the American arbitration association, or an individual or individuals deemed qualified by the chief justice to serve. No person shall serve as a referee if that person has been employed by an affected state agency or a contractor or subcontractor involved in the dispute at any time in the preceding five years. Proceed...

...on 2743.51 of the Revised Code. (I) A contract or other agreement between an attorney and any person that provides for the payment of attorney's fees or other payments in excess of the attorney's fees allowed under this section for representing a claimant under sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code shall be void and unenforceable. (J) Each witness who appears in a hearing on a claim for an award of repa...

...ion provision in an insurance or other contract against a political subdivision with respect to those benefits. The amount of the benefits shall be deducted from an award against a political subdivision under division (B)(1) of this section regardless of whether the claimant may be under an obligation to pay back the benefits upon recovery, in whole or in part, for the claim. A claimant whose benefits have bee...

... chooses, the political subdivision may contract with any person, other political subdivision, or regional council of governments for purposes of the administration of such a program. (b) Political subdivisions that have established self-insurance programs relative to their and their employees' potential liability as described in division (A)(2)(a) of this section may mutually agree that their self-insurance program...