In the case State ex rel. Armatas v. Plain Twp. Bd. of Trustees, 2020-Ohio-1225, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 1118 the Ohio Supreme Court found that a petition for writ of mandamus to compel respondent-board to provide certain invoices for legal services is denied since a private entity retained the attorneys to represent public employee, the […]
In the case Ohio Ass’n of Pub. Sch. Emples. (OAPSE) v. Sch. Emples. Ret. Sys., 2020-Ohio-3005, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 1951, an Ohio appellate court found that the plain language of R.C. 3309.374 gave the School Employees Retirement System of Ohio (SERS) the discretion to freeze a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for three consecutive years, and […]
In the case Youngstown City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. State, 2020-Ohio-2903, 2020 Ohio LEXIS 1182, the Ohio Supreme Court found that the amended bill continued to relate to the creation of new methods for attempting to improve underperforming schools and thus the amendments did not vitally alter H.B. 70, despite the addition of […]
In the case Doe v. Wash. Cty. Dep’t of Educ., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83764, a U.S. District Court found that defendant Washington County Department of Education deprived Plaintiff of his right to due process by the manner in which the disciplinary proceedings as to Plaintiff’s suspension from school were conducted. Defendant never advised Plaintiff […]
In the case Al-Jahmi v. Ohio Ath. Com., 2020-Ohio-3487, 2020 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 98, the Court of Claims of Ohio held that in action for negligence where decedent died from injuries sustained in a professional fight sanctioned by defendant-state athletic commission, defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted since defendant’s decisions regarding qualifications of ringside […]
In the case Youngstown City School Dist. Bd. of Ed. v. State, Slip Opinion No. 108541, 2020-Ohio-2903, the Ohio Supreme Court held that legislation that allows an academic distress council to effectively remove all power from a city school district is constitutional under the Ohio Constitution. In this case, a school district challenged legislation on […]