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... Revised Code. (B) In a tort action alleging respondeat superior or vicarious liability, the following apply: (1) If liability arises against both a principal and agent, master and servant, employer and employee, or other persons having a vicarious liability relationship, the injured party may sue either the primarily liable agent, servant, employee, or person or the secondarily liable principal, master, employe...

...ms Act," 60 Stat. 842 (1946), 28 U.S.C. 2671 et seq., are applicable to a tort and the United States is held liable in tort, the United States has no right of contribution under this section against the state pursuant to the waiver of sovereign immunity contained in Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code.

...sor's right of contribution is barred unless either of the following applies: (A) That tortfeasor has discharged by payment the common liability within the statute of limitations period applicable to the claimant's right of action against that tortfeasor and has commenced that tortfeasor's action for contribution within one year after the payment. (B) That tortfeasor has agreed while an action is pending against th...

...t by a court sitting without a jury in determining the percentage of liability of several defendants for an injury or loss to person or property or a wrongful death shall be binding as among those defendants in determining their right to contribution.

...When a release or a covenant not to sue or not to enforce judgment is given in good faith to one of two or more persons for the same injury or loss to person or property or the same wrongful death, both of the following apply: (A) The release or covenant does not discharge any of the other tortfeasors from liability for the injury, loss, or wrongful death unless its terms otherwise provide, but it reduces the claim...

... against whom a judgment is entered liable to the plaintiff only for the proportionate share of that party as described in those sections.

...y defense, except that they shall not set up the discharge of one debtor as a discharge of the others unless it appears that all were intended to be discharged. The discharge of one debtor is deemed a payment to the creditor equal to the proportionate liability of the discharged debtor. (D) A compromise or composition by a joint debtor with a creditor does not affect any right the other joint debtors have to ...

...e, from its normal or reasonable route between its point of origin and point of destination and all scheduled pick-up or delivery stops en route thereto; (d) Any operation of the leased vehicle by any person to transport property without the prior knowledge and consent of the lessee. (3) "Primary insurer," as used in relation to the operation of a leased motor vehicle, means an insurance company authorized to do bu...

... partnership, association, or any other legal or commercial entity, who is a nonresident of this state.

...ty expressly or impliedly made in the sale of goods outside this state when the person might reasonably have expected such person to use, consume, or be affected by the goods in this state, provided that the person also regularly does or solicits business, or engages in any other persistent course of conduct, or derives substantial revenue from goods used or consumed or services rendered in this state; (6) Caus...

...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 the Revised Code.

...ing, whether or not it bears a reasonable relation to this state, if the contract, agreement, or undertaking contains both of the following provisions: (1) An agreement by the parties to be governed in their rights and duties under the contract, agreement, or undertaking, in whole or in part, by the law of this state; (2) An agreement by the parties to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state. ...

... time necessarily employed in going thereto and returning therefrom.

... the negligence of the pilot, operator, legal or equitable owner, lessor, or lessee of an aircraft may be brought by the person injured against such pilot, operator, legal or equitable owner, lessor, or lessee in the county in which such injury occurred, or in any county on or over which the aircraft passes in the course of the voyage. A summons in such action against any defendant shall be issued to the sheriff of a...

... authorized, requested, commanded, or tolerated the hazing, and any local or national director, trustee, or officer of the organization who authorized, requested, commanded, or tolerated the hazing. If the hazing involves students in a primary, secondary, or post-secondary school, university, college, or any other educational institution, an action may also be brought against any administrator, employee, or faculty m...

...The courts of this state shall recognize and enforce statutes concerning taxation constitutionally imposed by other states that extend like comity.

... her confidentiality. The motion shall set forth the reasons for the requested confidentiality. Prior to service of the complaint, the court shall conduct an ex parte hearing in a timely manner to determine whether sufficient cause exists to require that the confidentiality of the movant be maintained in the civil action. The decision of the court on the motion is final and is not subject to appeal. (B) The supreme ...

...plaintiffs, damages for the loss of society of the minor, and, if applicable, damages for the loss of the minor's services and damages for expenses incurred by the plaintiffs in locating or recovering the minor; (2) Punitive damages; (3) Reasonable attorney's fees; (4) Costs of bringing the civil action. (C) In a civil action brought pursuant to this section, the trier of fact may determine that the minor was the...

...ion to any other cause of action available under statutory or common law.

... 2323.51 of the Revised Code. (2) "Viable" has the same meaning as in section 2919.16 of the Revised Code. (B) A woman upon whom an abortion is purposely performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced in violation of division (A) of section 2919.17 of the Revised Code has and may commence a civil action for compensatory damages, punitive or exemplary damages if authorized by section 2315.21 of th...

...vised Code, and court costs and reasonable attorney's fees against the person who committed the violation. (C) If a judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in a civil action commenced pursuant to division (B) of this section and the court finds, upon the filing of a motion under section 2323.51 of the Revised Code, that the commencement of the civil action constitutes frivolous conduct and that the defendant ...

...vised Code, and court costs and reasonable attorney's fees against the person who purposely performed or induced or purposely attempted to perform or induce the abortion in violation of division (E) of section 2919.201 of the Revised Code. (C) If a judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in a civil action commenced pursuant to division (B) of this section and the court finds, upon the filing of a motion unde...

... been reversed on appeal or otherwise set aside, nullified, or vacated, entered after a trial or upon a plea of guilty, but not upon a plea of no contest or the equivalent plea from another jurisdiction, that adjudges an offender guilty of an offense of violence punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year, when entered as evidence in any subsequent civil proceeding based on the criminal act, shal...

... related to the person's use of force alleged to be in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of the person's residence, the person has no duty to retreat before using force in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of that person's residence if that person is in a place in which the person lawfully has a right to be. (C) A trier of fact shall not consider the possibility of retreat as a factor in deter...

...y a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or other financial institution upon the holder of the check or other negotiable instrument; (c) The replacement value of any property not described in division (H)(1) or (2) of this section.