- Retained legal counsel with Courtney Caparella, Attorney At Law with the law firm Caparella-Kraemer & Associates, LLC. (website link attached) http://www.caparellakraemer.com/.
Legal Council Obtained
Our First Filing
Initially our Complaint with Jury Demand was filed in the Butler County Common Pleas Court because that is where the house was build.
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- 08/05/2005 - Complaint of Brian and Angela Oswald and Constance Smith filed against Meyer Douglas Homes in the Butler County Common Pleas Court : Complaint__Butler_County_.pdf
Timeline of Filings/Events
A change of venue was filed and our complaint had to be refiled with the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. The following timeline shows the process we took with refiling our case in the Hamilton County Court system, the responses by both parties at the various stages and the decisions made by Court officials that lead us no choice but to file for Arbitration. Each item contains a PDF. file so that you can view the actual court documents filed for each date.
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- 10/13/2005 – Complaint with Jury Demand of Brian and Angela Oswald, and Constance Smith filed against Meyer Douglas in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. : Complaint__Hamilton_County_.pdf
- 11/14/2005 - Motion to Stay Proceedings for Arbitration filed by Meyer Douglas Homes and Memorandum in Support of Motion to Stay Proceedings for Arbitration filed by Meyer Douglas Homes : Defenant_s_Motion_to_Dismiss.pdf
- 01/11/2006 - Entry of the Honorable Judge Helmick Denying Defendant's Motion to Stay Proceedings for Arbitration : Entry_Denying_Stay_for_Arbitration.pdf
- 01/13/2006 - Meyer Doulgas Homes Notice of Appeal of Judge Helmick's Decision to the First Appellate District : Notice_of_Appeal_of_Meyer_Builders.pdf
- 01/27/2006 - Answer of Meyer Douglas Homes to Plaintiffs' Complaint : Answer_of_Meyer_Builders.pdf
- 04/20/2006 - Appeal Brief of Meyer Douglas Homes : Appellate_Brief_of_Meyer_Builders.pdf
- 06/16/2006 - Appeal Brief of Plaintiffs : Appeals_Brief_of_Plaintiffs.pdf
- 12/27/2006 - Entry of the Court of Appeals overturning the Decision of judge Helmick : Entry_Overturning_Judge_Helmick.pdf
- 02/12/2007 - Notice of Appeal in the Ohio Supreme Court filed by Brian and Angela Oswald and Constance Smith : Memorandum_in_Support_of_Jurisdiction_in_the_Supreme_Court_of_Ohio.pdf
- 06/16/2007 - Notice of Supreme Court Denying Jurisdiction : Notice_of_Supreme_Court_Denying_Jurisdiction.pdf