Proctor v. Kardassilaris

Moyer, CJ.

I. Introduction

{¶ 1} This appeal presents the issue of whether R.C. 5501.22, which provides that the Ohio director of transportation is not “suable” outside of Franklin County except in certain limited circumstances, applies to counterclaims filed in an ongoing appropriation action in another county.

{¶ 2} In 2001, appellee, Director of Transportation Gordon Proctor, initiated separate appropriation actions against appellants Kathy Kardassilaris and others (“Kardassilaris”) and Richard Blank and others (“Blank”) in the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas. Proctor sought to take…