Ervin v. American Funding Corp.

Jones, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant, American Funding Corporation, appeals an order of the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas overruling its motion to stay the trial of an action filed by plaintiff-appellee, Richard R. Ervin, under Ohio’s Business Opportunity Purchaser’s Protection Act. 1

In October 1990, appellee observed a classified advertisement appellant placed in a Cincinnati, Ohio area newspaper offering a business opportunity. After initially responding to the advertisement, appellee had various discussions and meetings with the defendants that culminated in appellee’s and…