Brickman & Sons, Inc. v. National City Bank

{¶ 1} Today this court must decide whether a transfer is proper when an administrative judge’s entry of reassignment under authority of the Rules of Superintendence does not state the reason for the transfer, but the reason is clear from the record. For the reasons that follow, we answer in the affirmative and, therefore, reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

{¶ 2} This case involves a rancorous family dispute that has generated three lawsuits since 2001. At the center of the dispute are plaintiff-appellee Brickman & Sons, Inc. (“the company”) and a trust created by its sole…