Pruitt v. LGR Trucking, Inc.

Mark P. Painter, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Despite the lengthy procedural history of this case and the parties’ concern that the facts are extremely complicated, the outcome is common sense. We affirm the judgment of the trial court, though not for all the reasons the court expressed in its conclusions of law. A repairman acts at his own peril when he sells the repaired property in a dispute over the bill and does not comport with the controlling statute that outlines the proper sale procedures, even if he alleges that exigent circumstances exist. But where a good-faith attempt to comply with the…