Martin v. Design Construction Services, Inc.

I

{¶ 1} The Ninth District Court of Appeals certified the following issue pursuant to Section 3(B)(4), Article IV, Ohio Constitution and App.R. 25: “[I]n an action *67for temporary damages to a noncommercial real property, [is] a failure to prove the difference between the fair market value of the whole property just before the damage was done and immediately thereafter * * * fatal to the claim?”

{¶ 2} For the following reasons, we answer the question in the negative and reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

II

{¶ 3} This case concerns a home built by Design Construction Services, Inc.,…