Unless otherwise provided, no action or proceeding pending in any court shall abate by the death of either or both of the parties thereto, except actions for libel, slander, malicious prosecution, for a nuisance, or against a judge of a county court for misconduct in office, which shall abate by the death of either party.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2311.21
Abatement by death of party
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Jackson v. City of Cleveland (2019)
Most recently applied in Kwame Ajamu v. City of Cleveland (May 2019)
Effective: January 1, 1958; Latest Legislation: House Bill 937 - 102nd General Assembly
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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.