Moldovan v. Cuyahoga County Welfare Department

The sole question before us is whether failure of the common pleas court to serve notice of its final appealable order on appellant or her attorney, whose names and addresses were known, frustrates the purposes of law and justice. We find that it does, and reverse the appellate court’s judgment.

Every litigant in Ohio is entitled to “[a]n appeal as of right * * * by filing a notice of appeal * * * within the time allowed * * App. R. 3(A). The notice of appeal “* * * shall designate the judgment, order or part thereof appealed from * * App. R. 3(C). App. R. 4(A) requires that civil appeals be…