State ex rel. Charvat v. Frye

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment granting a writ of procedendo to compel a common pleas court judge to proceed in a civil case. Because the judge erroneously stayed the case, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

{¶ 2} Appellee, Philip J. Charvat, resides with his family at their home in Westerville, Ohio. In 2004, Charvat received telemarketing calls for satellite transmission services that were made on behalf of Dish TV Now, Inc. (“Dish TV”) and Echostar Satellite, L.L.C. (“Echostar”). According to Charvat, each of these telephone calls began with a prerecorded message, and…