Stafford v. Columbus Bonding Center

{¶ 1} Billy J. Stafford, plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, in which the court overruled appellant’s objections and affirmed the magistrate’s decision finding that appellant’s attorney, W. Jeffrey Moore, had engaged in frivolous conduct. Columbus Bonding Center, d.b.a. Columbus Bail Bonds (“CBC”), defendantappellee/cross-appellant, appeals the same judgment.

{¶ 2} On April 30, 2002, Brian S. Callahan was working as a bounty hunter for Clever Investigations, Inc. (“Clever”). CBC hired Clever to locate and arrest appellant’s…