George P. Ballas Buick-GMC, Inc. v. Taylor Buick, Inc.

This appeal results from the dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint for temporary and permanent injunctions and for damages. Plaintiff filed a complaint against Taylor Buick, Inc. and Stephen D. Taylor, alleging that plaintiff, George P. Ballas Buick-GMC, Inc., in 1977 commenced a large scale advertising promotional program in the Toledo metropolitan area, which involved the erection in the city of Toledo at Interstate 475 and Washington Boulevard, of a billboard which became a familiar design with the motor vehicle buying public in the Toledo metropolitan market. Plaintiff alleged that the…