Legal Opinion
Suchy v. Moore
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided February 16, 1972No. Nos. 71-214 and 71-343PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSohNbidbb., J.
“In Ohio, as elsewhere, it is a rule of universal application that in a tort action, the measure of damages is that which will compensate and make the plaintiff whole.” Pryor v. Webber (1970), 23 Ohio St. 2d 104. The exception to the general rule that evidence of compensation .from a source other than the tortfeasor, or persons in privy with him, cannot diminish the damages for which he is liable, was first recognized judicially in this state in Klein v. Thompson (1869), 19 Ohio St. 569.
The receipt of collateral benefits is irrelevant and immaterial on the issue of damages. Not only are the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Tighe v. DiamondOhio Supreme Court · 1948
- Pryor v. WebberOhio Supreme Court · 1970
- Darnell v. EastmanOhio Supreme Court · 1970
- Knight v. BorganWashington Supreme Court · 1958
- Ruther v. TyraSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1952
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Vogel v. WellsOhio Supreme Court · 1991
- Dennis C. Sours v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Werner v. LaneSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- LaHue v. General Motors Corp.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1989
- John Deere Industrial Equipment Co. v. GentileOhio Court of Appeals · 1983
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