In the case of Bennett v. Ohio Dept. of Edn., 2022-Ohio-1747, the Court of Appeals held that the revocation of a substitute teacher’s license was warranted after the teacher grabbed a student and threatened to physically harm the student during class. Here, the teacher asserted that: 1) the trial court failed to consider all of […]
In the case of Prude v. State Bd. of Edn., 2023-Ohio-1672, an appellate court held the board of education properly revoked the educator’s teaching license permanently when the educator engaged in a physical confrontation with a student. In this case, the educator argued that (1) the other teachers had a duty to step in and […]
In the case of Staton v. Timberlake, 2023-Ohio-1860, a special master recommended that the requester be awarded filing fees and costs pursuant to R.C. 2743.75(F)(3)(b) when the village took seventy-two days to provide unredacted incident reports as requested pursuant to R.C. 149.43. In this case, the requester argued that argued that (1) the village unreasonably […]
In the case of State ex rel. Harm Reduction Ohio v. OneOhio Recovery Found., Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-1547, the Ohio Supreme Court held that the foundation was subject to Ohio’s Public Records Act despite being a private nonprofit organization because the foundation was the functional equivalent of a public office. In this case, the requester […]
In the case of Simpson-Vlach v. Mich. Dep’t of Educ., 6th Cir. No 22-1724 (May 10, 2023), a federal appellate court held that (1) a school district’s remote learning policy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic did not violate a student’s established individualized education program (“IEP”) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) or […]
In the case of Oliver v. Fox’s Food, L.L.C., 2023-Ohio-1551, an appellate court held that a store was not liable for a shopper’s slip and fall when the store had no duty to remove the natural accumulation of snow and ice in front of the store. In this case, the shopper argued that (1) the […]