No. 19-472

City of East Cleveland, Ohio, et al. v. Charles Hunt, et al.

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2019-10-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: abuse-of-discretion bifurcation civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-procedure-bifurcation discretion emergency-vehicle-immunity expert-witness-testimony juror-misconduct manifest-weight-of-evidence motion motion-to-bifurcate trial trial-court-discretion trial-procedure
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Latest Conference: 2019-11-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Trial Court abused its discretion when it denied Petitioners' Motion to Bifurcate the trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether the Trial Court abused its discretion when it denied Petitioners’ Motion to Bifurcate the trial. 2. Whether the Trial Court abused its discretion when it advocated for a Minimum Dollar Verdict and Recused a Juror for cause. 38. Whether the Trial Court Abused its Discretion when it Refused Admission of an Expert Witness’s Impairment Opinion. 4. Whether the Trial Court Erred to Petitioners’ Prejudice When it Allowed Patent Juror Misconduct in the Courtroom. 5. Whether the Verdict went against the Manifest Weight of the Evidence when Testimony showed that Charles Hunt When Facing a Malfunctioning Traffic Light did not look to the Left, in the Direction of the Oncoming Police Car, Prior to Entering the Intersection. 6. Whether the Trial Erred to Petitioners’ Prejudice in finding that Officer Carroscia was not on an Emergency Call and failing to Allow the Special Immunity Defense as set forth in R.C. 2744.02(B)(1)(a).

Docket Entries

2019-11-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
2019-10-17
Waiver of right of respondents Charles Hunt, et al. to respond filed.
2019-10-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2019)

Attorneys

Charles Hunt, et al.
Justin J. HawalDiCello Levitt Gutzler, LLC, Respondent
City of East Cleveland, et al.
Willa Mae HemmonsCity of East Cleveland, Petitioner