Perez v. Falls Financial, Inc.

We find that the facts of this case fail to reach the very high standard necessary to invoke the civil plain error doctrine set forth by this court in Goldfuss v. Davidson (1997), 79 Ohio St.3d 116, 679 N.E.2d 1099, syllabus.

In Goldfuss, this court set forth the standard for the plain error doctrine as follows:

“In appeals of civil cases, the plain error doctrine is not favored and may be applied only in the extremely rare case involving exceptional circumstances where error, to which no objection was made at the trial court, seriously affects the basic fairness, integrity, or public…