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City of East Cleveland, Ohio, et al. v. Charles Hunt, et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Ohio, Cuyahoga County, No. 105953 · judgment March 28, 2019

Certiorari denied · November 25, 2019

Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

Whether the Trial Court abused its discretion when it denied Petitioners’ Motion to Bifurcate the trial.
Whether the Trial Court abused its discretion when it advocated for a Minimum Dollar Verdict and Recused a Juror for cause.
Whether the Trial Court Abused its Discretion when it Refused Admission of an Expert Witness’s Impairment Opinion.
Whether the Trial Court Erred to Petitioners’ Prejudice When it Allowed Patent Juror Misconduct in the Courtroom.
Whether the Verdict went against the Manifest Weight of the Evidence when Testimony showed that Charles Hunt When Facing a Malfunctioning Traffic Light did not look to the Left, in the Direction of the Oncoming Police Car, Prior to Entering the Intersection.
Whether the Trial Erred to Petitioners’ Prejudice in finding that Officer Carroscia was not on an Emergency Call and failing to Allow the Special Immunity Defense as set forth in R.C. 2744.02(B)(1)(a).

For petitioner
Willa Mae Hemmons
City of East Cleveland

For respondent
Justin J. Hawal
DiCello Levitt Gutzler, LLC

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Nov 25 2019
Petition DENIED.
Nov 06 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
Oct 17 2019
Waiver of right of respondents Charles Hunt, et al. to respond filed.
Oct 08 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2019)