In the case of Ross v. Menards, Inc., 2023-Ohio-2246, an appellate court held that the employee had to settle state law gender discrimination and unlawful retaliation claims against the employer through arbitration when the plain language of the employment contract mandated so. In this case, the employee argued that arbitration was not required as the […]
In the case of Carothers v. Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, L.L.P., 2023-Ohio-1907, an appellate court held that (1) an arbitrator may enforce an attorney noncompete agreement in relation to retirement and (2) an arbitrator may modify an attorney noncompete agreement in respect to the geographic and timing restrictions when the issue is brought to the […]
In the case of Boucher v. Cleveland, 2023-Ohio-1818, an appellate court held that the city may be liable for an injury caused to a pedestrian by a damaged utility-access port on a sidewalk when the maintenance of a sidewalk is a proprietary governmental function that serves as an exception to governmental immunity under R.C. 2744.02. […]
In the case of Thomas v. City of Circleville, S.D.Ohio No. 2:23-cv-1474 (May 31, 2023), a federal district magistrate held that police officers may be held liable for a First Amendment retaliation claim and a claim made under R.C. 2307.60 when the officers made a false report to Children Services in retaliation against the father […]
In the case of Does v. Whitmer, 6th Cir. No. 22-1925 (May 30, 2023), a federal appellate court held that government officials could not be held liable for the actions of the state police in enforcing unconstitutional laws under the theory of supervisor liability when the officials did not knowingly allow or authorize the conduct. […]
In the case of State ex rel. Curtis v. Turner, 2023-Ohio-1814, an appellate court held that the official did not have to produce public records when the requester did not show that the official had the records. In this case, the requester argued that the official had failed to provide several requested public records including, […]