Lucchesi v. Fischer, Ca2008-03-023 (11-17-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Board of County Commissioners of Clermont County ("Board"), appeals a decision in which the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas declined to impose sanctions on both the expert witness and trial counsel for plaintiff-appellee, Anthony Lucchesi, administrator of the estate of Kaitlin Lucchesi.

{¶ 2} In its single assignment of error, the Board avers that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to award sanctions against the expert witness when the witness did not timely disclose the publications forming the basis of his opinion, and against trial…