In the case of Bieber v. Perry Cty. Bd. of Comm’rs, 2020-Ohio-3996, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2900, an Ohio appellate court found that the trial court did not err in denying defendant-county’s motion for summary judgment claiming statutory immunity where procedures for filling a pothole did not demonstrate weighing alternatives or making decisions requiring official judgment, […]
In the opinion, the Attorney General opined on the authority of a political subdivision to contract for construction services through joint purchasing programs under R.C. 9.48. He found that R.C. 9.48(B) does not authorize a political subdivision to acquire construction services through participation in a contract entered into by another political subdivision. This opinion has […]
In the case Georgantonis v. City of Reading, 2020-Ohio-3961, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2853, an Ohio appellate court found that the plaintiff’s mere assertion that the street-lighting system was a utility was insufficient to establish that it was a utility for purposes of R.C. 2744.01(G)(2)(c). By establishing a lighting system, the city was not engaged […]
In the case of Fiedeldey v. Finneytown Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ., 2020-Ohio-3960 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020), an Ohio appellate court held that a trial court did not abuse its discretion when the trial court reversed the school board’s decision to terminate a teacher pursuant to R.C. 3319.16 based upon the teacher’s conduct when disciplining a student. […]
In the case Cuyahoga Cty. v. United Autoworkers Region 2-B, Local 70, Correction Officer Corporals’ Bargaining Unit, 2020-Ohio-3965, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2866, an Ohio appellate court found that in county’s appeal of arbitrator’s award in favor of corrections officers union following termination of officer, trial court erred in vacating arbitrator’s award of suspension and […]
In the case Carter v. Officer Hymes, 2020-Ohio-3967, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2870, an Ohio appellate court found the trial court should have granted the motion for summary judgment filed by the officer who was a passenger in the police car because reasonable minds could only conclude that his conduct as a passenger of the […]