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In the case of Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Assn. v. Cleveland, 2023-Ohio-71, the appellate court found that the union was improperly using the Declaratory Judgment Act (R.C. Chapter 2721) to circumvent binding contractual and administrative procedures regarding the police officer discipline process. In this case, the union argued that the city should be prohibited from disciplining […]

In the case of Freeman v. Lovejoy, 2023-Ohio-503, an appellate court held that a genuine issue of fact existed for a jury to decide as to whether a firefighter was acting recklessly when driving a fire engine given the visual and sound obstructions in the area and number of lanes of travel the firefighter was […]

In the case of Inskeep v. Columbus Zoological Park Assn., 2023-Ohio-288, an appellate court held that an issue of fact existed — to be determined by a jury — as to whether a zoo was liable for injuries to a mother who was struck by her own three-year old child while driving an unattended golf […]

In the case of Jones v. Kent City School Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2023-Ohio-265, an appellate court held that a teacher’s employment contract was improperly nonrenewed by a school board as the teacher’s absence did not excuse the board from conducting one of the three formal observations mandated by R.C. 3319.111(E) as the teacher was […]

In the case of State ex rel. Ames v. Baker, Dublikar, Beck, Wiley & Mathews, 2022-Ohio-3990, the Ohio Supreme Court held that (1) a governmental risk-sharing pool providing legal services to a public body may be subject to public record requests and (2) a court is required to conduct an in camera review of law […]