State, Dept. of Mental Health v. Reynolds

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Claims dismissing defendant-appellant’s petition for removal, which had sought to remove his counterclaim against the state of Ohio from the Court of Common Pleas of Gallia County, Probate Division, to the Court of Claims. The questions raised by the appeal are whether the statutory time limit for filing a petition for removal is a jurisdictional requirement, and whether defendant’s claim against the state is barred by the statute of limitations.

In the course of defendant’s administration of the estate of his decedent, the state of Ohio filed,…