In the case Gregory v. Cuyahoga Cty., 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 108192, 2020-Ohio-2714, an Ohio appellate court found that the trial court cannot overturn an administrative decision upholding an employee’s termination because it disagrees with an employer’s policy. In this case, an employee was terminated from a county’s employment for a major violation of the […]
As an experienced attorney mediator, Matthew John Markling has been appointed as one of up to ten attorney mediators to serve on the Ohio State Bar Association Ad Hoc Committee on Foreclosures and Civil Justice. On July 23, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Ohio State Bar Association voted to create an Ad Hoc […]
In the case O’Donnell v. Ne. Ohio Neighborhood Health Servs., 2020-Ohio-1609, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 1583, an Ohio appellate court found that the trial court did not err in denying defendant’s motion for directed verdict on plaintiff’s age discrimination claim under R.C. 4112.02(A). By failing to renew its motion for a directed verdict at the […]
In the case Gary B. v. Whitmer, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 13110 (6th Cir. 2020), the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that there is constitutional right to literacy under the Fourteenth Amendment. In this case, a group of students sued the state Michigan for failing to deliver adequate schools that deliver minimum education in […]
In the case O’Donnell v. N.E. Ohio Neighborhood Health Servs., Inc., 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 108541, 2020-Ohio-1609, an Ohio appellate court held that a no specialized or technical knowledge needs to be presented in court for a jury to properly calculate back and front pay. In this case, an employer terminated an employee on the […]
The Ohio Ethics Commission just published its newest newsletter, “The Voice of Ethics,” which can be viewed here. Past newsletters from the Ohio Ethics Commission can be viewed here. McGown & Markling is often asked to opine on various ethics issues, but the best ethics advice comes straight from the Ohio Ethics Commission itself. To request an […]