Did Electronic Filing of Appeal Notice Within Statutory Deadline Meet Timely Filing Requirement?
Bertha Louden, Executor, etc., et al. v. A.W. Chesterton Company et al., Case nos. 2007-1819 and 2007-1821 8th District Court of Appeals (Cuyahoga County) ISSUE: In a special asbestos docket case in which local trial court rules required all case documents to be filed with the clerk electronically rather than in paper form, did a party’s electronic filing of a notice of appeal with the clerk of the trial court within 30 days after that court entered summary judgment in the case meet the statutory requirement for timely filing of an appeal? BACKGROUND: Because of the great volume of asbestos-related civil cases that have been filed in Cuyahoga County, the local common pleas court established a special docket for such cases that is overseen by two fulltime judges who hear nothing but asbestos litigation. Under local rules established to expedite the resolution of these cases, all parties and the attorneys representing them are required to file all documents in electronic rather than in p
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