DEMING v. SMITH

No. 94106.

2010 Ohio 4134

David W. Demming, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Alice Smith, Individually, and As Trustee of the Lillian Demming Trust, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: September 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Graziano, Michael A. Poe, Michael R. Traven, Roetzel & Andress, L.P.A., 155 East Broad Street, 12th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215, Alice Smith, 15665 Fiddlesticks Blvd., Ft. Myers, FL 33912, for Alice Smith, Attorneys for Appellants, David W. Demming, Jr., et al.

Robert N. Rapp, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, L.L.P., 1400 Keybank Center, 800 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2688, Attorney for John Lesjak.

Gerald L. Baker, 3711 Whipple Avenue, N.W., Canton, Ohio 44718, Attorney for Donald J. Sauerbier.

Before: Sweeney, J., Gallagher, A.J., and Rocco, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

JAMES J. SWEENEY, J.

{¶ 1} Plaintiffs-appellants, David W. Demming, Jr. and Laura Demming ("plaintiffs"), appeal the Probate Court's decision awarding them money damages after finding that defendant-appellee, Alice Smith ("defendant"), breached her fiduciary duty as trustee of the Lillian Demming Trust ("the trust"). After reviewing the facts of the case and pertinent law, we affirm in part and reverse and remand...

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