COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA NO. 68718 TERRI L. WADE, : ACCELERATED DOCKET : : JOURNAL ENTRY Plaintiff-Appellant : : AND v. : : OPINION SHORE SAILS CLEVELAND, INC., : : PER CURIAM : Defendant-Appellee : DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF DECISION: SEPTEMBER 14, 1995 CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING: Civil appeal from Common Pleas Court Case No. 271376 JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED. DATE OF JOURNALIZATION: APPEARANCES: For plaintiff-appellant: Thomas S. Hudson HUDSON AND ASSOCIATES 1700 Terminal Tower Cleveland, Ohio 44113 For defendant-appellee: Daniel D. Mason WARHOLA, O'TOOLE, LOUGHMAN, ALDERMAN & STUMPHAUZER 502 Broadway Lorain, Ohio 44052 -2- PER CURIAM: The trial court properly granted appellee's motion for summary judgment and denied appellant's motion for partial summary judgment. Appellant's claim for breach of the settlement agreement was previously adjudicated in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Case No. CV-243342, and is res judicata. See Rogers v. Whitehall (1986), 25 Ohio St.3d 67. A claim for attorneys fees could have been brought in this prior suit, and is res judicata. See Rossi v. Corning Glassworks (1992), 84 Ohio App.3d 22, National Amusements, Inc. v. City of Springdale (1990), 53 Ohio St.3d 60, 62. Accordingly, appellant's first assignment of error is overruled. As for appellant's malicious prosecution claim, there was no evidence of the essential element of seizure of appellant's person or property. Crawford v. Euclid National Bank (1985), 19 Ohio St.3d 135. Additionally, the prior proceedings were settled, not terminated in appellant's favor, so an action for malicious prosecution cannot be maintained. Neff v. Engle (1986), 28 Ohio App.3d 44. Appellant's second assignment of error is overruled. Appellant presented no evidence she suffered serious emotional distress. Uebelacker v. Cincom Systems, Inc. (1988), 48 Ohio App.3d 268, 275-276, Borowski v. State Chemical Mfg. Co. (1994), 97 Ohio App.3d 635, 644. Accordingly, appellant's third assignment of error is overruled. The decision of the trial court is affirmed. -3- It is ordered that appellee recover of appellant its costs herein taxed. The court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal. It is ordered that a special mandate issue out of this court directing the Common Pleas Court to carry this judgment into execution. A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the mandate pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure. JAMES D. SWEENEY, PRESIDING JUDGE JOSEPH J. NAHRA, JUDGE *AUGUST PRYATEL, JUDGE (*SITTING BY ASSIGNMENT: Judge August Pryatel, Retired, Eighth District Court of Appeals.) N.B. This entry is made pursuant to the third sentence of Rule 22(D), Ohio Rules of Appellate Procedure. This is an announcement of decision (see Rule 26). Ten (10) days from the date hereof this document will be stamped to indicate journalization, at which time .