Panel Affirms Order Tossing Fraud Accident Suit, Cites Process Service Error

( August 29, 2025, 1:53 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio appellate court on Aug. 28 affirmed a lower court’s order dismissing a fraud, negligence and breach of contract suit filed by one driver against another driver and insurers for purported damages incurred in a motor vehicle accident, finding that the plaintiff’s assignments of error lack merit because service of process was not adequately made on the individual defendant within one year of filing the complaint as required by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure....