Legal Opinion
Fone v. Ford Motor Co.
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided June 8, 1998No. Nos. 73038 and 73039PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
Delores Kramer, Terry Lee Fone, and Progressive Insurance Company appeal from a common pleas court order dismissing their consolidated product liability suits against the Ford Motor Company as a sanction for failing to comply with the court’s discovery orders. Our review reveals that the trial court committed an abuse of discretion in dismissing these cases when other sanctions would have been more appropriate, and for that reason, we reverse the judgment of dismissal, reinstate these cases, and remand the matter for further proceedings.
On January 20,1994, Delores Kramer’s 1994 Ford Ranger…
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