Onda, LaBuhn, Rankin & Boggs Co., L.P.A. v. Johnson

{¶ 17} I concur in judgment only, because I respectfully disagree that the cognovit note is facially insufficient to support the cognovit judgment. Instead, I believe that the cognovit judgment is invalid because the appellee (hereinafter “Onda LaBuhn”) did not submit its books and records along with the cognovit note.

{¶ 18} Numerous Ohio courts have upheld cognovit judgments for amounts that cannot be determined solely by referring to the notes in question. See, e.g., Santora v. Kiss, Cuyahoga App. No. 91303, 2008-Ohio-6287, 2008 WL 5096972 (affirming award of $117,084.54 plus interest; the…