Court Dismisses Tom Noe's Wife

The Toledo Blade reports that Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge David Cain has dismissed Tom Noe's wife Bernadette from a civil lawsuit (Case No. 05 CV 005753) that the State filed to try and recover funds from Noe and his wife over the rare coin debacle involving the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation. The Court ruled that that state failed to show how Mrs. Noe was involved in any conspiracy to defraud the State, thereby refusing to impose a civil equivalent of "guilt by association" through her marriage. The Court's docket in this case is accessible on the Internet by searching the Franklin County Clerk of Court's website.