Civil

2/18/10 - Alison Vitas v. Melvin Bond, et al., Case No. 08-CIV-1945
Alison Vitas of Creekside Boulevard in Brunswick, Ohio, won her personal injury jury trial last week in Judge Kimbler’s court. The jury was selected on Tuesday, February 16, and returned its verdict on February 18. Ms. Vitas was injured in two separate accidents in January and March of 2007. One of the accidents took place in Logan County, Ohio, near Nelsonville and the second accident took place in Medina County on IS 71 in Brunswick, Ohio. In the first accident Ms. Vitas was a passenger in her car which one of her brothers was driving. In the second accident Ms. Vitas was driving her car when the accident occurred. The first accident was caused by a Mr. Melvin Bond of Logan County. The second accident was caused by a Mr. Robert Cebula of Medina County. Since the second accident took place in Medina County, Ms. Vitas was allowed to file her lawsuit against both defendants in Medina County. Mr. Bond and Mr. Cebula admitted that they were negligent and had caused their respective accidents. The only issue in the trial was what damages were attributable to Mr. Bond and what damages were attributable to Mr. Cebula. The jury returned a total verdict of $24,815.00. The jury broke down the damages as follows: Ms. Vitas was awarded $21,443.00 against Mr. Bond and she was awarded $3372.00 against Mr. Cebula. Prior to trial, she had made a demand of $22,000.00 and the defendants had made a combined offer of $13,500.00.

1/20/10 - MACK CONCRETE INC-VS- A C E POURED WALLS INC, Case No. 09-CIV-0172
A jury verdict was returned in a one-day trial on Wednesday, January 20, 2010. The issues involved money owed to the Plaintiff by the Defendant corporation and whether a corporate officer was liable on a personal guaranty. At trial, the defendant corporation stipulated that it was liable on the debt but the officer disputed her liability on the personal guaranty. The jury found that she was liable.

Criminal

3/2/10 - State of Ohio v. John E. Sizler, Case No. 09-CR-0334
A jury trial ended abruptly on its second day when the State offered to amend the indictment to a misdemeanor if Mr. Silzer entered a guilty plea. Mr. Selzer took the State's offer and entered a guilty plea to a charge of Attempted Drug Trafficking, a first degree misdemeanor. Judge Kimbler proceeded to impose sentence. Judge Kimbler sentenced Mr. Selzer to 90 days in jail, but suspended the jail sentence on the following conditions: he is to be supervised by the Medina County Adult Probation Department; perform 24 hours of community service; and obtain a drug assessment at a agency chosen by the Medina County Adult Probation Department. If the agency reports that he has a drug abuse problem, then he is abide by all aftercare recommendations of that agency. Judge Kimbler also ordered Mr. Selzer to pay court costs and a community control sanction fee.

2/24/10 - State v. Nicholas R. Quintile, Case No. 09-CR-0361
A three day jury trial on a charge of Felonious Assault ended in a not guilty verdict for Mr. Nicholas R. Quintile of Madera Drive in Lodi. The trial, which was conducted by Judge James Kimbler, began with jury selection on Monday, February 22, and concluded on Wednesday. The jury returned its verdict late Wednesday (2-24-2010) afternoon.