In the case of A.R. v. Toledo City School Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2019-Ohio-3402, an Ohio appellate court held that statutory immunity may not be granted to school employees when there was a factual dispute over whether the school employees knew of alleged student bullying. In this case, a student was allegedly subjected to verbal […]
In the case of T.B. v. Summit Cty. Children Servs. Bd., 2019-Ohio-3346, an Ohio appellate court held that a children services agency was entitled to statutory immunity but the immunity of the public employees could not be determined prior to trial with respect to the sexual abuse of two children placed by the agency. In […]
In the case of Easton Telecom Servs., L.L.C. v. Woodmere, 2019-Ohio-3282, an Ohio appellate court held that a two month period was not an unreasonable amount of time for a public office to respond to voluminous public record requests. In this case, a telecommunications company made a public records request seeking over a thousand pages […]
In the case of State ex rel. More Bratenahl v. Bratenahl, Slip Opinion No. 2019-Ohio-3233, the Ohio Supreme Court held that public bodies may not take official action by secret ballot. In this case, a city council voted on a new president pro tempore at a public meeting via secret ballot under the belief that […]
In the case of State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Comms., 2019-Ohio-3237, an Ohio appellate court held that delayed start times for noticed meetings may not violate the Ohio Open Meetings Act – i.e. R.C. 121.22. In this case, the Portage County Board of Commissioners notified the public of the time and […]
In the case Krueck v. Youngstown State Univ., 2019-Ohio-3219, an Ohio appellate court held that a court of common pleas has the power to hear consumer claims of unfair or deceptive practices against a public university. In this case, a student enrolled in a nursing home administrator program at Youngstown State University after the university’s […]