Vitantonio, Inc. v. Baxter

{¶ 1} In this appeal we are asked to determine whether the saving statute R.C. 2305.19 applies to actions filed against a decedent’s estate under R.C. 2117.12. We hold that it does.

*196Facts and Procedural History

{¶ 2} Because this cause was dismissed by the trial court pursuant to Civ.R. 12(B)(6), we accept the material allegations of the complaint as true. The complaint alleges as follows: Decedent, William Vitantonio, was a minority shareholder in Vitantonio, Inc., and a majority shareholder in Wickliffe Floral, Inc. Appellees are the two corporations just named and shareholders Louis…