In a sweeping decision, an Ohio federal district court ordered a local school district to treat a transgender student “as the girl she is, including referring to her by female pronouns and her female name and allowing her to use the girls’ restroom.” Bd. of Educ. of the Highland Local School Dist. v. United States […]
Can a teacher be prosecuted for the choice of visual materials shown to students? A divided Ohio appellate court answered that question in the affirmative, upholding a jury verdict convicting a substitute teacher of four counts of disseminating harmful materials to juveniles. The events giving rise to the conviction in the case of State v. […]
Here at McGown & Markling, we generally inform school clients that nothing good comes from talking to the press about personnel matters. The case of Stepp v. Medina City School Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2016-Ohio-5875, provides an excellent example of why this is so. In Stepp, an Ohio appellate court found that the claims of […]
What does a person need to do to get statutory damages in a public records case? More than video tape the delivery of the written request according to a recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling. In the case of State ex rel. Pietrangelo v. Avon Lake, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-5725, the plaintiff requested that the Ohio […]
In the case of Gohl v. Livona Public School Dist., No. 16a0226p.06 (6th Cir. Sept. 8, 2016), a federal appellate court found that the parent of a student with hydrocephalus did not present enough evidence to establish a constitutional violation where the special education teacher allegedly engaged in classroom conduct that witnesses complained of as […]
In the case of Gates v. Leonbruno, 2016-Ohio-5627, an Ohio appellate court found that “no reasonable factfinder could find that, in following [an accelerating vehicle, the police officer] acted wantonly, i.e., that he failed to exercise any care toward those to whom a duty of care is owed under circumstances in which there is great […]