Spisak v. McDole

The issue before us is whether defendant herein was sufficiently prejudiced so as to preclude amendment of plaintiffs claim pursuant to Civ. R. 15(B). For the reasons which follow, we hold the amendments in the case sub judice to be a valid exercise of the trial court’s discretion and thereby affirm the court of appeals.

The policy behind a court’s discretion to freely allow amendments pursuant to Civ. R. 15 has been the subject of several recent opinions by this court. See, e.g., Hall v. Bunn (1984), 11 Ohio St. 3d 118; Hoover v. Sumlin (1984), 12 Ohio St. 3d 1. Needless to say, such…