Allen v. McBride

{¶ 31} The majority’s narrow focus on the application of the saving statute to a will-contest action misses the broad impact that today’s decision has on the administration of estates in Ohio.

{¶ 32} Without question, well-settled Ohio law is upended, and questions regarding application, retroactivity, and the effect of this decision on pending estates and current litigation are created with this opinion. Moreover, today’s decision disturbs the doctrine of stare decisis et no quieta movere, i.e., to stand by things decided and not disturb settled points of law. Further, we recently adopted a…