Whitenight v. Dominique

Thomas F. Bryant, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs-appellants Nancy and David Whitenight from a judgment entered on a jury’s verdict by the Court of Common Pleas of Van Wert County in favor of defendants-appellees Jerry A. Dominique and Bolton’s Lawn Care, Inc. (collectively “Dominique”).

On May 28, 1991, Nancy was working at a convenience store drive-through checkout window. Dominique, driving a vehicle pulling a “modified snowmobile trailer,” drove up to the drive-through window and ordered some items from Whitenight. While Dominique waited in the checkout lane, a police…