In the case of Milatz v. Cincinnati, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-180272, 2019-Ohio-3938, an Ohio appellate court held that the faulty assembly of a safety utility box was not an “attendant circumstance” — i.e., a distraction that causes someone to suffer an injury — to obviate an open and obvious hazard. In this case, an […]
In the case of State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Cincinnati, Slip Opinion No. 2019-Ohio-3876, the Ohio Supreme Court held that a public records requestor is entitled to attorney’s fees and costs when a public office acts in bad faith in situations where the public office provided the requested records after the commencement of a […]
In the case of Logan v. MGM Grand Detroit Casino, 939 F.3d 824 (6th Cir. 2019), the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that employers and employees may not contractually shorten the limitation period of bringing a Title VII claim, outside of an arbitration agreement. In this case, an employer required an employee […]
In the case of Cleveland v. State, Slip Opinion No. 2019-Ohio-3820, the Ohio Supreme Court held that public authorities cannot impose residency requirements when contracting for public construction projects. In this case, the Ohio General Assembly enacted R.C. 9.75, barring any public authority from imposing residency requirements for public construction contracts — i.e., requiring a […]
In the case of McCullough v. Youngstown School Dist., 7th Dis. Mahoning No. 18 MA 0075, 2019-Ohio-3965, an Ohio appellate court held that (1) the existence of an unguarded hillside on school property may not be a physical defect that overcomes statutory immunity and (2) operators of school buses may not be negligent as to […]
In the case of Marietta v. Washington Cty. Bd. of Commrs., 4th Dist. Washington No. 19CA1, 2019-Ohio-3883, an Ohio appellate court held that a city’s law director may retain outside counsel to prosecute a case that a city ordinance required that the city law director handle. In this case, a city and county entered into […]