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Ohio’s Auditor Keith Faber warns school districts to not use taxpayer or state money to fund levy campaigns in a recent press release. This warning is a response to the frequent complaints from constituents to the Ohio Auditor about school districts wrongly using public funds. R.C. 3315.07(C)(1) prohibits boards of education from using public money […]

In the case of Huston v. Brookpark Skateland Social Club, Inc., 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. CV-18-892426, 2020-Ohio-488, an Ohio appellate court held that a plaintiff’s assumption of risk may not be a defense if a defendant engages in willful or wanton conduct in a reckless manner toward plaintiff. In this case, a woman roller skating […]

In the case of House v. Iacovelli, 2020-Ohio-435, the Ohio Supreme Court held that an employer terminating an employee for confronting the employer for failing to report correct income figures to the unemployment commission is not wrongful termination. In this case, a former employee sued her former employer for wrongful termination arguing that she was […]

In the case of Elias v. City of Akron, 9th Dist. Summit No. 29107, 2020-Ohio-480, an Ohio appellate court held that a political subdivision has the burden of demonstrating that it qualifies for statutory immunity at the summary judgment stage. In this case, a couple sued a city after the couple were launched from their […]

In the case of White v. Dep’t of Rehab. & Corr., 10th Dist. Franklin No. 19AP-85, 2020-Ohio-386, an Ohio appellate court held that attorney–client privilege only protects records containing legal advice, not all communications with lawyers, from public records requests. In this case, an attorney made a public records request to an Ohio agency under […]