Trial Practice Cases: Attorney's Fees/Costs
(Supreme Court)
Click on the case name to read the decision on the
Ohio Supreme Court's web site. Decisions which adopt the
decision of a lower court or
Magistrate, or which decide a case based on a previous decision, are
excluded.
Claimant
who wins workers' compensation appeal entitled to payment of reasonable
deposition expenses as costs of case under R.C. 4123.512(F).
Vote: 6-0
Opinion by: Justice Douglas
A
claimant who wins an R.C. 4123.512 appeal to court is entitled to
recover attorney's travel expenses, or any other costs which
are traditionally charged to clients and have a
proportionally serious
impact on the award.
Vote: 4-3
Opinion by: Justice Pfeifer
Claimant
who wins right to participate at trial is entitled to reimbursement for
cost of fee charged by expert witness for live testimony, if trial
court determines that fee is reasonable.
Vote: 7-0
Opinion by: Justice Sweeney
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