Howard v. Columbus Products Co.

Petree, Judge.

Plaintiff, George Howard, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff’s opening statement. In this appeal, plaintiff maintains that the facts alleged in his opening statement adequately state a cause of action for intentional tort against his employer, Columbus Products Company. Because plaintiff has alleged facts which, construed most strongly in his favor, could lead reasonable minds to conclude that defendant knew an injury was substantially certain to occur following its…