State ex rel. Dannaher v. Crawford

Dannaher claims that the court of appeals erred by denying the requested writs of prohibition and mandamus. For the reasons that follow, we find that Dannaher’s contentions are meritless and affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

*393Neither prohibition nor mandamus will lie where relator possesses an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. State ex rel. Hunter v. Certain Judges of the Akron Mun. Court (1994), 71 Ohio St.3d 45, 46, 641 N.E.2d 722, 723. Absent a patent and unambiguous lack of jurisdiction, a court having general subject-matter jurisdiction can determine its own…