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State Employees Granted Sovereign Immunity Under Eleventh Amendment

In the case of Bradly v. Ohio Ethics Comm’n, S.D.Ohio No. 2:23-cv-00024 (Aug. 22, 2023), a federal district court held that the government employees had sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment in their official capacities when the government employees prevented the candidate from running for office and for prosecuting the candidate for a violation of […]

Read Your Employment Contracts Closely!

In the case of Rusu v. Carter-Jones Lumber Co., 2023-Ohio-2927, an appellate court held that the former employee was not eligible for a bonus for services provided when the plain language of the employment contract stipulated that the employee needed to be employed by the company to receive the bonus and the employee was terminated […]

No Liability for Road Sinkhole Flooding Basement

In the case of Schlegel v. Summit Cty., 2023-Ohio-2866, an appellate court held that the county was not liable for flood damages to the citizen’s basement under R.C. 2744.02(B)(3) when the damage resulted from a sinkhole in the road but not from the citizen utilizing the road. In this case, the citizen argued that R.C. […]

Preliminary Injunction Enough to Be a Prevailing Party

In the case of G.S. v. Lee, 6th Cir. No. 22-5969 (Aug. 14, 2023), a federal appellate court held that the disabled students were entitled to attorney’s fees when the disabled students were awarded a preliminary injunction, but not a permanent injunction, to stop the governor from enforcing an executive order than allowed grade-school students […]

Preliminary Injunction Enough to Be a Prevailing Party

In the case of G.S. v. Lee, 6th Cir. No. 22-5969 (Aug. 14, 2023), a federal appellate court held that the disabled students were entitled to attorney’s fees when the disabled students were awarded a preliminary injunction, but not a permanent injunction, to stop the governor from enforcing an executive order than allowed grade-school students […]