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Docket entry on civil case number CVI 2400369

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Case Number: CVI 2400369
Defendant(s): Kendera Construction Kendera, James
    06/24/2024
    • CASE WAS FILED WITH COURT
    07/01/2024
    • SUMMONS ISSUED TO KENDRA CONSTRUCTION
    • BY CERTIFIED.
    • SUMMONS ISSUED TO KENDERA, JAMES
    • BY CERTIFIED.
    • CASE SET FOR A SMALL CLAIMS ON 07/31/2024 AT 1:30 PM
    • NOTICE TO PARTIES
    • SMALL CLAIMS FILING FEE FOR 2 DEFENDANTS $85.00
    • PAYMENT - RECEIPT NO. 2402128 IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 85.00
    • E-CERTIFIED MAIL # 9314 8699 0440 0075 6358 18
    • ISSUED ON: 07/01/2024 TO: KENDERA CONSTRUCTION
    • SENT BY: SMARTIN
    • E-CERTIFIED MAIL # 9314 8699 0440 0075 6358 32
    • ISSUED ON: 07/01/2024 TO: KENDERA, JAMES
    • SENT BY: SMARTIN
    07/08/2024
    • E-CERTIFIED MAIL # 9314 8699 0440 0075 6358 18 REFERENCE # 2
    • SERVED ON: 07/03/2024 TO: KENDERA CONSTRUCTION
    • E-CERTIFIED MAIL # 9314 8699 0440 0075 6358 32 REFERENCE # 2
    • SERVED ON: 07/03/2024 TO: KENDERA, JAMES
    08/02/2024
    • JUDGE'S DECISION: A TRIAL WAS HELD ON JULY 31, 2024 AT 1:30
    • PM BEFORE THE UNDERSIGNED, PLAINTIFF ATTENDED PRO SE.
    • DEFENDANTS ATTENDED WITH THEIR ATTORNEY. PLAINTIFF IS
    • SEEKING JUDGMENT AGAINST DEFENDANTS FOR THE SUM OF
    • JUDGMENT: J-FOR GIBBONS, JOHN T IN THE AMOUNT
    • OF $500.00.
    • JUDGMENT: J-AGAINST KENDERA, JAMES IN THE AMOUNT
    • OF $500.00.
    • JUDGMENT: J-AGAINST KENDERA CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT
    • OF $500.00.
    • $1453.60 PLUS INTEREST AND COSTS FOR DAMAGE CAUSED TO HIS
    • VEHICLE FROM A STONE ALLEGEDLY FALLING FROM DEFENDANT(S)
    • TRUCK ON INTERSTATE 90. PLAINTIFF WAS BEHIND THE TRUCK AND
    • SUFFERED DAMAGES TO HIS WINDSHIELD. PLAINTIFF CALLED
    • DEFENDANT WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, DEFENDANT KENDERA
    • CONSTRUCTION ATTEMPTED TO EXPLAIN WHY THE ROCK COULD NOT
    • HAVE FALLEN FROM HIS VEHICLE AND WHY THEIR COMPANY KENDERA
    • CONSTRUCTION WAS NOT THE CORRECT DEFENDANT. THE COURT
    • THE COURT FINDS THAT THE KENDERA CONSTRUCTION WAS PROPERLY
    • SERVED AS DEFENDANT IN THAT KENDERA CONSTRUCTION, BY VIRTUE
    • OF THEIR ON-LINE PRESENCE, HAS HELD THEMSELVES OUT TO BE
    • ONE AND THE SAME COMPANY AS KENDERA ENTERPRISES. THE COURT
    • FINDS THAT THE TESTIMONY OF THE PLAINTIFF WAS CREDIBLE AND
    • FINDS FOR THE PLAINTIFF AGAINST THE DEFENDANT KENDERA
    • CONSTRUTCTION, IN THE AMOUNT OF $500 PLUS COSTS. THE COURT
    • FURTHER FINDS FOR THE PLAINTIFF AGAINST DEFENDANT JAMES
    • KENDERA, $0.00. COPY TO PARTIES
    08/09/2024
    • DEFENDANT'S REQUEST FOR FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF
    • LAW FILED BY ATTY BRENT ENGLISH.
    08/29/2024
    • TRANSCRIPT $25.00
    • PAYMENT - RECEIPT NO. 2402860 IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 25.00
    • COPY OF JUDGES DECISION MAILED TO ATTY BRENT ENGLISH.
    09/11/2024
    • JUDGMENT ENTRY
    09/12/2024
    • JUDGMENT ENTRY: WHEN THE COURT FILED ITS DECISION, IT WAS
    • NOT AWARE THAT DEFENDANT FILED A REQUEST FOR FINDINGS OF
    • FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW. THEREFORE, ON THE COURT'S OWN
    • MOTION, THE COURT HEREBY VACATES THE JUDGE'S DECISION FILED
    • ON AUGUST 2, 2024. IT IS SO ORDERED. COPIES TO ALL PARTIES.
    10/11/2024
    • DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO SUBMIT
    • PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW FILED.
    • EMAILED TO JUDGE DEAN
    10/21/2024
    • JOURNAL ENTRY: DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR
    • DEFENDANT TO SUBMIT PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND
    • CONCLUSION OF LAW UNTIL 10/21/24 IS HEREBY GRANTED.
    11/18/2024
    • JOURNAL ENTRY-ON THE COURT'S MOTION, TIME FOR DEFENDANT TO
    • SUBMIT PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW IS
    • EXTENDED FOR THE FINAL TIME UNTIL 12/09/2024. COPY TO ATTY
    12/30/2024
    • JUDGMENT ENTRY - DEFENDANT HAS FAILED TO SUBMIT PROPOSED
    • FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW DESPITE BEING GIVEN SEVERAL
    • EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO DO SO. "A PARTY WAIVES HIS RIGHT TO
    • FINDINGS OF FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW WHERE THE
    • REQUESTING PARTY HAS FAILED TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT
    • PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AS DIRECTED
    • BY THE TRIAL COURT." THIS MATTER CAME BEFORE THE COURT FOR
    • BENCH TRIAL ON JULY 31, 2024 PLAINTIFF ATTENDED PRO SE.
    • WAS FREE FROM CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE. THE COURT ALSO
    • FINDS THAT DEFENDANT WAS NEGLIGENT IN THAT THE ROCK FELL
    • FROM DEFENDANTS VEHICLE AND THE LOAD ON DEFENDANTS VEHICLE
    • WAS NOT COVERED OR SECURED. SUCH NEGLIGENCE WAS THE DIRECT
    • DEFENDANTS ATTENDED WITH THEIR ATTORNEY, BRENT L. ENGLISH.
    • THE COURT FINDS THAT THE TESTIMONY OF THE PLAINTIFF WAS
    • HIGHLY CREDIBLE AND THAT THE SPEED AND DISTANCE FROM
    • DEFENDANTS' TRUCK WAS REASONABLE AND PRUDENT, AND PLAINTIFF
    • CAUSE OF THE DAMAGES SUFFERED BY PLAINTIFF. FURTHERMORE,
    • KENDERA'S DRIVER VIOLATED A STATUTORY DUTY UNDER O.R.C.
    • 4513.31 TO SECURE LOADS ON THE VEHICLE. (A) NO VEHICLE
    • SHALL BE DRIVEN OR MOVED ON ANY HIGHWAY UNLESS THE VEHICLE
    • AMOUNT OF $500 PLUS COSTS. ON THE COURT'S OWN MOTION,
    • DEFENDANT JAMES KENDERA IS NOT A PROPER DEFENDANT IN THIS
    • MATTER AND HAS BEEN REMOVED. COPY TO PARTIES.
    • IS SO CONSTRUCTED, LOADED, OR COVERED AS TO PREVENT ANY OF
    • ITS LOAD FROM DROPPING, SIFTING, LEAKING, OR OTHERWISE
    • ESCAPING THEREFROM. ACCORDINGLY, THE COURT FINDS FOR THE
    • PLAINTIFF AGAINST DEFENDANT KENDERA CONSTRUCTION IN THE