State Ex Rel. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Tracey

This cause came on to be heard upon the pleadings attendant to the relator's request for a writ of prohibition, the written stipulation of facts, the briefs and the oral arguments of counsel.

Relator, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (Goodyear), seeks a writ of prohibition to restrain the respondent, Judge Ann Marie Tracey of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, from allowing a jury to hear and determine two of three damage claims asserted against Goodyear as a result of personal injuries sustained by one Richard Wagner. The principal issue is whether prohibition is the proper remedy,…