In the case of Welsh-Huggins v. Jefferson Cty. Pros. Atty., 7th Dist. Jefferson No. 19 JE 0005, 2019-Ohio-3967, an Ohio appellate court held that security footage showing security vulnerabilities and emergency responses may constitute a security record exception to a public records request. In this case, a reporter made numerous public records requests to a […]
In the case of Korengel v. Little Miami Golf Ctr., 2019-Ohio-3681, an Ohio appellate court held that a tree may constitute a physical defect sufficient to remove statutory immunity from a political subdivision. In this case, a 12-year old boy was injured by a tree branch that fell during a windstorm while the boy was […]
In the case of Hiss v. Perkins Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ., 2019-Ohio-3703, an Ohio appellate court held that providing prescription medication to students in violation of school board policy was “good and just cause” for termination. In this case, the teacher was accused of supplying prescription pain-relief patches to several student-athletes, which was […]
The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued the opinion letter of WHD Opinion Letter FMLA2019-3-A (Sept. 13, 2019), opining that Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) leave cannot be delayed even if a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) provides otherwise. In this opinion letter, the DOL opined that employees must take qualifying paid leave concurrently with […]
In the case of Perkins Twp. v. Intl. Assn. of Firefighters, Local 1953, 6th Dist. Eire No.E-18-041, 2019-Ohio-3706, an Ohio appellate court held that a conciliator may choose a proposed final offer that provides more employee benefits than required by the Fair Labor and Standards Act (“FLSA”) In this case, a township and its fire […]
In the case of Johnson-Newberry v. Cuyahoga Cty. Child & Family Servs., 2019-Ohio-3655, an Ohio appellate court held that an employee who allegedly aided and abetted discrimination by a public employer is not entitled to statutory immunity. In this case, a county employee brought legal action against the county, as well as the employee’s supervisor, […]