Hiatt v. Southern Health Facilities, Inc.

Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.

The issue certified to this court is essentially whether R.C. 2307.42 is invalid and of no force and effect by virtue of Section 5(B), Article IV of the Ohio Constitution, for being in direct conflict with Civ.R. 11. For the following reasons we hold that R.C. 2307.42 is in conflict with Civ.R. 11 and is invalid and of no force and effect.

*237We recently resolved an issue analogous to the one considered in Hodge v. Cheek (1989), 64 Ohio App.3d 296, 581 N.E.2d 581, in the case of Rockey v. 84 Lumber Co. (1993), 66 Ohio St.3d 221, 611 N.E.2d 789. In Rockey, we held that…