Alison Vitas of Creekside Boulevard in Brunswick, Ohio, won her personal injury jury trial last week in Judge Kimbler’s court. The jury was selected on Tuesday, February 16, and returned its verdict on February 18.
Ms. Vitas was injured in two separate accidents in January and March of 2007. One of the accidents took place in Logan County, Ohio, near Nelsonville and the second accident took place in Medina County on IS 71 in Brunswick, Ohio. In the first accident Ms. Vitas was a passenger in her car which one of her brothers was driving. In the second accident Ms. Vitas was driving her car when the accident occurred.
The first accident was caused by a Mr. Melvin Bond of Logan County. The second accident was caused by a Mr. Robert Cebula of Medina County. Since the second accident took place in Medina County, Ms. Vitas was allowed to file her lawsuit against both defendants in Medina County.
Mr. Bond and Mr. Cebula admitted that they were negligent and had caused their respective accidents. The only issue in the trial was what damages were attributable to Mr. Bond and what damages were attributable to Mr. Cebula.
The jury returned a total verdict of $24,815.00. The jury broke down the damages as follows: Ms. Vitas was awarded $21,443.00 against Mr. Bond and she was awarded $3372.00 against Mr. Cebula. Prior to trial, she had made a demand of $22,000.00 and the defendants had made a combined offer of $13,500.00.
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