# Trauth v. Dunbar

> Ohio Supreme Court · May 25, 1983 · 5 Ohio St. 3d 68

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6757958

## Case

- **Full name:** Trauth, Admr. v. Dunbar
- **Court:** Ohio Supreme Court
- **Decided:** May 25, 1983
- **Citations:** 5 Ohio St. 3d 68; 5 Ohio B. 123; 448 N.E.2d 1368; 1983 Ohio LEXIS 730
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Holmes
- **Judges:** Brown, Celebrezze, Holmes, Locher, Second, Sweeney, Wilson
- **Cited by:** 12 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding that jury verdicts on issues untainted by error should not be disturbed because “[ejrror as to one issue need not attach to others”

## Opinion text

Holmes, J.,
dissenting. I am in agreement with the court of appeals that in the stance of this case there need be a remand to the trial court for a new trial. The jury, by virtue of confusing their deliberations with the element of punitive damages, to Dunbar as well as Spartan, lost their way in the determination of compensatory damages. I would therefore affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

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