Sams v. State, Unpublished Decision (3-4-1999)

David A. Sams, plaintiff-appellant, appeals the May 18, 1998 judgment of the Court of Claims of Ohio dismissing his complaint for failure to name a specific state entity. We affirm.

In January 1998, appellant published and circulated statements to third persons that were critical of a Columbus, Ohio law firm and two of its members. The statements were also critical of the legal profession in general. At the time appellant published and circulated the statements, he was the plaintiff in a pending civil case in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas ("common pleas court") against certain…