Common Pleas

New Cases

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Jerry and Joanna Blaschak, both Louise Street, East Liverpool, et al.; delinquent tax foreclosure sought for Louise Street, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Lisa Brothers, Salineville Road, Salineville; delinquent tax foreclosure sought for West Salineville Road, Salineville property.

Amanda Riffee, state Route 558, Leetonia, vs. Sam Lippillo, state Route 558, Leetonia; divorce sought.

Ronda Sutak, East Seventh Street, Salem, vs. William Sutak, Boardman; divorce sought.

Randy and Susan Kaiser, both Georgetown Road, Homeworth, vs. Kara Boone, Bethesda Road, Hanoverton, et al.; refiled personal injury claim from February 2019 accident in Franklin Township.

Penny Mac Loan Services LLC, Los Angeles, Calif. vs. Cynthia Hickman, heir to estate of Diane S. Fulton, state Route 164, Leetonia, et al.; foreclosure sought of state Route 164, Leetonia property.

Credit Acceptance Corporation, Columbus, vs. Bradley Eltrington Jr., North Street, Salineville; $16,650 breach of contract claim.

Larry and Terry Adkins, both Sprucevale Road, East Liverpool, vs. William and Deborah Bowersock, both Oak Drive, Wellsville, et al.; foreclosure sought of Madison Township property.

USA acting through the Rural Housing Service U.S. Department of Agriculture, vs. Richard and Patty Hannah, both Edgewood Drive, Salem, et al.; foreclosure sought of Newgarden Avenue, Salem property.

Dianna Haney, Boyd Street, East Liverpool, vs. Hire Rohela, M.D., West Fourth Street, East Liverpool, et al.; medical malpractice claim over alleged ruptured eardrum.

Docket Entries

Huntington National Bank vs. Arlene Smith, et al.; foreclosure ordered for Teegarden Road, Salem property.

Huntington National Bank vs. Janice Lee Quick, et al.; foreclosure ordered for Riverside Avenue, Wellsville property.

MidFirst Bank vs. Megan Cowdery, et al.; foreclosure ordered for Salem property.

Brian Stowers vs. Douglas Keyser; case settled and dismissed with prejudice.

Brandy Warren vs. Jennifer Lawrence; case settled and dismissed with prejudice.

County Treasurer vs. Miranda Shaw, et al.; delinquent tax paid, parcel dismissed from complaint.

County Treasurer vs. Joseph Garcia, et al.; complaint dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Rick Horton; payment plan entered, foreclosure held in abeyance.

Discover Bank vs. Douglas Seifert; $2,605 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Murrysville Machinery Company vs. Penn Ohio Waste LLC; $55,062 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Court News

LISBON — A Carrollton man who led Columbiana Police on a high-speed chase in 2020 filed an appeal to challenge his recent 18-month prison sentence for failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer.

Counsel for Russell A. Morckel, 55, Carrollton, filed the appeal Thursday through the Seventh District Court of Appeals to challenge the sentence issued June 7 in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for the third-degree felony charge.

The sentence was ordered served consecutive to time being served for a Licking County case, with credit for 17 days served. On Sept. 14, 2020, Morckel fled from Columbiana police on South Main Street and state Route 344 where he allegedly reached speeds exceeding 90 mph before entering Leetonia.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Chad Ryan, 45, Dover, pleaded guilty to attempted compelling prostitution and attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, both fourth-degree felonies, and importuning, a fifth-degree felony. Sentencing has been scheduled for Sept. 8, with a possible maximum sentence of up to 18 months in prison. Ryan allegedly intended to purchase sex with an agent posing as a mother and her 14-year-old daughter, with Ryan offering $800 but agreeing on the price of $1,000 before traveling to East Palestine for the meeting in May 2021.

— David Willis, 57, East Main Street, Salineville, pleaded guilty to having weapons under disability, a third-degree felony, with sentencing set for Sept. 8. Willis had a handgun in his possession on April 18, 2021 in Columbiana County, but was prohibiting from possessing a firearm due to a previous conviction for aggravated assault in 2005.