Judge says Ohio woman can collect damages from ex-husband for domestic violence
An Ohio woman can collect damages from her ex-husband over a domestic violence incident that occurred in 2013, while the couple was still married, a state-court judge has ruled.
Jerry Bailey is liable to Jennifer Bailey for a beating in their Franklin County home in which her facial bones were fractured, said Common Pleas Judge Julie Lynch in a Wednesday written decision.
A magistrate judge will now preside over a trial to determine the amount of compensatory and punitive damages that should be awarded, the Columbus Dispatch reports.
The judge’s ruling in the unusual case “sets a clear legal precedent that these victims are going to have recourse to a meaningful remedy,” said her lawyer, Michael King. “Whether Jennifer Bailey ever collects a dollar or not, that makes this decision huge.”
The article doesn’t include any comment from Jerry Bailey or his legal counsel.
