Griffith v. Veale, 24036 (11-5-2008)

{¶ 13} In State v. Wilson, 113 Ohio St. 3d 382, 2007-Ohio-2202, the Ohio Supreme Court held that, if a trial court's judgment in a civil case is "supported by some competent, credible evidence going to all the essential elements of the case," an appellate court is not authorized to reverse the judgment "as being against the manifest weight of the evidence." Id. at ¶ 24 (quoting C.E. Morris Co. v. Foley Constr.Co., 54 Ohio St. 2d 279, syllabus (1978)). In other words, in determining whether a decision in a civil case is supported by the weight of the evidence, an appellate court is not…