Effective: April 9, 2003
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 120 - 124th General Assembly
After the court makes its findings of fact or after the jury returns its general verdict accompanied by answers to interrogatories as described in section 2315.34 of the Revised Code, the court shall diminish the total amount of the compensatory damages that would have been recoverable by an amount that is proportionately equal to the percentage of tortious conduct determined under section 2307.23 of the Revised Code that is attributable to the plaintiff. If the percentage of the tortious conduct determined to be attributable to the plaintiff is greater than the sum of the percentages of the tortious conduct determined to be attributable to all parties to the tort action from whom the plaintiff seeks recovery plus all persons from whom the plaintiff does not seek recovery in this action, the court shall enter judgment in favor of the defendants.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas
Chapter 2315 | Trial Procedure
Section 2315.01 | Trial - Procedure.
Section 2315.02 | View of Property by Jury.
Section 2315.03 | Deliberations of Jury.
Section 2315.04 | Duty of Officer in Charge of Jury.
Section 2315.05 | Jury May Be Discharged Without Verdict.
Section 2315.06 | Cause May Be Resubmitted.
Section 2315.07 | Verdict to Contain Amount of Recovery.
Section 2315.08 | Trial by Court.
Section 2315.09 | Case Stated - Controversy.
Section 2315.19 | Review of Evidence Supporting Damages for Noneconomic Loss.
Section 2315.20 | Evidence of Benefits to Plaintiff From Collateral Sources.
Section 2315.21 | Punitive or Exemplary Damages.
Section 2315.32 | Asserting Contributory Fault.
Section 2315.33 | Contributory Fault Effect on Right to Recover.
Section 2315.34 | Findings of Fact by Court - General Verdict and Interrogatories by Jury.
Section 2315.35 | Diminishing Compensatory Damages by Percentage of Tortious Conduct.