In the case Toland v. Dep’t of Mental Health & Addiction Servs., 2020-Ohio-3864, 2020 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 116, an Ohio appellate court found that plaintiff employee failed to state a prima facie claim for disability discrimination because she did not establish that she suffered an adverse employment action since there was no evidence her employment […]
In the case State ex rel. Ohio AG v. Burns, 2020-Ohio-3820, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2728, an Ohio appellate court found that a school’s CEO did not “receive or collect” public money within the meaning of R.C. 9.39 because the funds at issue were directed to and controlled by the school’s CFO, the CEO was […]
McGown & Markling is proud to announce that Susan McGown has yet again been selected one of The Best Lawyers in America® in the practice area of Education Law for the year 2021. Ms. McGown has also been selected one of The Best Lawyers in America® in the practice areas of Employment Law – Management and Labor […]
In the case McGinty v. Ohio State Univ., 2020-Ohio-4315, 2020 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 125, an Ohio Court of Claims found that the magistrate properly concluded that the Chief Marketing Officer would have made the decision to terminate plaintiff absent any impermissible motive on her part, as there was sufficient evidence that plaintiff was not meeting […]
In the case of Kesterson v. Kent State Univ., 967 F.3d 519, 2020 U.S. App. (6th Cir.), the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, which found that the Kent State University did not violate Title IX in response to alleged […]
Congratulations to Matthew John Markling for his nomination and election to The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology Alumni Society Board of Governors as an at-large representative! The Alumni Society Board represents nearly 100,000 College of Education and Human Ecology Alumni across the world and is made up of 18 alumni representing […]