Volume 182 — North Eastern Reporter, Third Series

R.C. 1925.04 – PERSONAL JURISDICTION – SERVICE – COMPLAINT – SMALL CLAIMS COURT – PROCEDURE/RULES: Plaintiff established personal jurisdiction over defendants by alleging breach of contract and introducing a lease between itself and defendants for real property located in Ohio. The clerk did not err by serving defendants with the magistrate's decision via ordinary mail despite delays in the United States postal system. The magistrate did not err by denying defendants' Civ.R. 60(B) motion when defendants failed to demonstrate that they had a meritorious claim or defense to present if relief were granted. Plaintiff's complaint for breach of contract was not defective under Civ.R. 10(D)(1) for failure to attach the lease to the complaint because Civ.R. 10(D)(1) does not apply to complaints filed in the small claims division.

Appellant's plea was knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently entered despite trial court's failure to inform him of the potential for consecutive sentences, because Crim.R. 11 does not require such notification prior to accepting a plea of guilty or no contest from a defendant who is pleading to multiple offenses that do not carry mandatory consecutive sentences.

Summary judgment de novo workers' compensation R.C. 4123.74 immunity R.C. 4123.35 employer staffing agency payment of workers' compensation premiums control over performance of work compliance with workers' compensation statutes direct or indirect payment of premiums. The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of the customer of the staffing agency. For purposes of workers' compensation, the customer was appellant's employer and was in compliance with R.C. 4123.35 at the time of the accident. Thus, the customer was entitled to immunity on appellant's claims, and appellant's sole assignment of error is overruled.