In Qiu v. Univ. of Cincinnati, 803 Fed. Appx. 831, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 4556, 2020 FED App. 0096N (6th Cir.), 2020 WL 634036, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals found that a district court properly dismissed a student’s ADA and Rehabilitation Act claims against a university, its officials, and a professor because the […]
In the case of White v. Dep’t of Rehab. & Corr., 10th Dist. Franklin No. 19AP-85, 2020-Ohio-386, an Ohio appellate court held that attorney–client privilege only protects records containing legal advice, not all communications with lawyers, from public records requests. In this case, an attorney made a public records request to an Ohio agency under […]
In the case of Thompson v. Cuyahoga Cty. Clerk of Courts, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. CV-19-914989, 2020-Ohio-382, an Ohio appellate court held that a clerk of courts is a political subdivision that can qualify for political subdivision immunity. In this case, an appellant mailed an affidavit stating that a witness committed perjury during his trial. […]
In the case of State ex rel. Rimroth v. City of Harrison, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-180691, 2020-Ohio-367, an Ohio appellate court held that, when there is a fault in the adding of seniority points to the exam but no fault in construction of a civil exam for promotion, the correct remedy is to correct […]
In the case of State ex rel. Dunn v. Plain Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2020-Ohio-339, the Ohio Supreme Court held that school boards are not required to specify the election date when a transfer proposal is to be placed on a ballot unless the proposal is to be placed on a special election […]
In the case of Toronto City Schools Bd. of Edn. v. Am. Energy Utica, L.L.C., 7th Dist. Jefferson No. 15 CV 245, 2020-Ohio-586, an Ohio appellate court held one party’s failure to perform on a contract does not give rise to automatic entitlement to damages. In this case, a board of education and other landowners […]