Rigby v. Lake County

In Rigby v. Lake County (1991), 58 Ohio St. 3d 269, 569 N.E. 2d 1056, the Ohio Supreme Court found a trial court is generally vested with broad discretion to determine the admissibility of evidence, so long as it exercises its discretion in accord with the rules of procedure and evidence, Rigby at 271, citations deleted. An appellate court reviews a trial court's decision regarding the admissibility of the evidence using the abuse of discretion standard, which the Supreme Court has repeatedly defined as implying the trial court's attitude was unreasonable, arbitrary, or conscionable, Id.