Ohio Supreme Court, 1983

The Ohio Supreme Court held that Ohio’s comparative negligence statute merges the defense of implied assumption of risk into contributory negligence, and that summary judgment for the landlord was improper because factual issues of causation and foreseeability remain.

The court reversed the court of appeals’ judgment reinstating sustenance alimony because the trial court’s termination decision was not an abuse of discretion on the record of changed circumstances.