Elliott-Thomas v. Smith

Trumbull App. No. 2015-T-0007, 2017-Ohio-702. On review of an order certifying a conflict. The court determines that a conflict exists. The parties are ordered to brief the issue stated at page 5 of the court of appeals’ entry filed May 4, 2017: “Does the tort of intentional interference with or destruction of evidence include claims alleging interference with or concealment of evidence that disrupt a plaintiffs underlying case? Or, is the tort of intentional interference with or destruction of evidence limited to claims that allege evidence is physically altered or destroyed?”

The conflict…