In addition to the causes of action which survive at common law, causes of action for mesne profits, or injuries to the person or property, or for deceit or fraud, also shall survive; and such actions may be brought notwithstanding the death of the person entitled or liable thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2305.21
Survival of actions
Known as the Uniform Duties to Incapacitated Persons Act
The act spans §§ 2305–2305 (79 sections).
Applied in 21 court decisions — leading case Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp. (1964)
Most recently applied in Kwame Ajamu v. City of Cleveland (May 2019)
Effective: October 1, 1953; Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.