Mentor Exempted Village School District Board of Education v. Mohat

2011 Ohio 1421, 128 Ohio St. 3d 395

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: March 30, 2011
• Docket: 2010-0951
• Status: Published

Opinion

{¶ 1} On May 27, 2010, the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, certified the following question of state law to this court: “Whether, under Ohio law an action filed on behalf of a decedent before an estate is legally established by someone who is not a legally appointed administrator or personal representative (i.e., is without the capacity to sue on the decedent’s behalf), are barred by the statute of limitations if later, after the running of the statute of limitations but before resolution of the claims, an estate is legally established and an administrator or personal representative is duly appointed and named in the Complaint — or whether the formation of the estate and the appointment of the administrator relates back to the original filing of the claims?” 126 Ohio St.3d 1542, 2010-Ohio-3855, 932 N.E.2d 337. On February 16, 2011, we heard oral argument in this cause.

{¶ 2} Sua sponte, we now conclude that the certified question of state law was improvidently accepted for review. Accordingly, this cause is dismissed.

O’Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, Cupp, and McGee Brown, JJ., concur. Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers; and Elk & Elk Co., Ltd., and Peter D. Traska, in support of respondents for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice. Zagrans Law Firm, L.L.C., and Eric H. Zagrans, in support of respondents for amicus curiae Nikki C. Hardy.