Legal Opinion
Boyd v. Moore
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided September 25, 2009No. 08-CA-30PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Brogan, Judge.
{¶ 1} This appeal is brought by Melissa Boyd from a trial court’s entry of judgment, after a bench trial, that finds Jonathan Heizer not liable for damages to Boyd’s business incurred after Heizer severed underground electrical and telephone cables while digging fence-post holes on adjacent property. Boyd contends that Heizer is liable for negligence per se because he violated R.C. 3781.28(A) by failing to notify the Ohio Utilities Protection Service (“OUPS”) before he began digging. We agree.
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{¶ 2} Russell Knox1 agreed to buy a parcel of property from his sister Marilyn Moore.…
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