Osler v. City of Lorain

This case requires us to examine and apply fundamental principles of the law of negligence. An integral part of our analysis is the basic and well-settled concept that negligence is without legal consequence unless it is a proximate cause of an injury. See, generally, Prosser & Keeton, Law of Torts (5 Ed. 1984) 272-280, Section 42.

We are first called on to determine whether there was error in the trial court’s decision to grant the city’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. A favorable ruling on such a motion is not easily obtained, as this court explained in Posin v. A.B.C.…