Ryan v. Mackolin

This is a case of initial consideration in Ohio. By authority of Section 2307.191, Revised Code, plaintiff has joined in one action two defendants whose alleged separate and unrelated torts caused his single, compounded injury. The pertinent portion of Section 2307.191, *215Revised Code, upon which plaintiff relies, reads as follows:

“(A) . . . All persons may be joined in one action as defendants if there is asserted against them jointly, severally, or in the alternative, any right to relief in respect of or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences…