State ex rel. National Employee Benefit Services, Inc. v. Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County

We are asked to decide in this case whether the Shaker *50Heights Municipal Court had any jurisdiction to transfer the entire Adler matter to the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County in light of the filing of the supplemental complaint.

Clearly, the municipal court had no jurisdiction under R.C. 1901.17 to decide the merits of the Adler case once the supplemental complaint was filed. Appellant argues that the court was also without jurisdiction to transfer both the Adler case and the counterclaim pursuant to the certification procedures mentioned in Civ. R. 13(J). Appellant claims that the…