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Push a Student Through a Window and Lose Your Teaching License

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 […]

Seventy-Two Days is Too Long to Produce Simple Incident Reports

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 […]

Non-Profit Entity Created by Government Is a Public Office

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 […]

Remote Learning Due To COVID-19 Did Not Violate IDEA

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 […]

Store Not Responsible for Slips-and-Fall Caused by Snow and Ice

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 […]