Thatcher v. Sowards

Kline, Judge.

Grange Mutual Casualty Company appeals the Portsmouth Municipal Court’s determination that John W. Thatcher is entitled to reasonable attorney fees in the amount of $1,505.25 for work in an interpleader action. 1 Grange first asserts that Thatcher is not entitled to any attorney fees as a matter of law. We disagree as to attorney fees for the underlying tort action because we decided this issue on Grange’s first appeal to this court, which Grange did not appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court. Consequently, our decision on this issue became the law of the case. See Hawley v. Ritley…