Flint v. Ace Doran Hauling and Rigging Co., Unpublished Decision (6-30-1999)

Ohio Court of Appeals

Flint v. Ace Doran Hauling and Rigging Co., Unpublished Decision (6-30-1999)

Ohio Court of Appeals·Decided June 30, 1999·No. No. 97-P-0116·Unpublished

Opinion

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] Judgment affirmed. O'Neill, J., dissents with Dissenting Opinion. See Opinions and Judgment Entry. [NADER] (FORD) (O'NEILL)

APPELLATE PROCEDURE:

An appellate court cannot review whether a trial court errs by failing to give a proposed jury instruction when the appellant fails to object at trial and no discussion regarding the appellant's proposed jury instruction exists in the record.

CIVIL:

Civ.R. 51(A) requires that a proposed jury instruction must be in writing.

JURY INSTRUCTIONS:

A trial court does not err by giving a jury instruction regarding the assured clear distance ahead statute when reasonable minds could differ as to whether a vehicle is reasonably discernible.

A trial court does not err by refusing to give a jury instruction that the plaintiff had the right of way when the defendant's tractor-trailer had properly assumed it.

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[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] Judgment affirmed. O'Neill, J., dissents with Dissenting Opinion. See Opinions and Judgment Entry. [NADER] (FORD) (O'NEILL)

APPELLATE PROCEDURE:

An appellate court cannot review whether a trial court errs by failing to give a proposed jury instruction when the appellant fails to object at trial and no discussion regarding the appellant's proposed jury instruction exists in the record.

CIVIL:

Civ.R. 51(A) requires that a proposed jury instruction must be in writing.

JURY INSTRUCTIONS:

A trial court does not err by giving a jury instruction regarding the assured clear distance ahead statute when reasonable minds could differ as to whether a vehicle is reasonably discernible.

A trial court does not err by refusing to give a jury instruction that the plaintiff had the right of way when the defendant's tractor-trailer had properly assumed it.

Flint v. Ace Doran Hauling and Rigging Co., Unpublished Decision (6-30-1999), (Ohio Ct. App. 1999).

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