In the case of Corso Ventures, L.L.C. v. Paye, 2023-Ohio-127, an appellate court held that an author of three articles posted to a website cannot be liable for defamation as the website articles in question were clearly parody under the reasonable reader test. In this case, the restaurant argued that the website articles could not […]
In the case of Dove v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., 2022-Ohio-4836, a court of claims magistrate recommended judgment against an employee who claimed disability discrimination against an employer under both the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and R.C. Chapter 4112 because the employer denied the requested transfer arguing that the transfer violated the […]
In the case of Arocho v. Ohio Univ., 2022-Ohio-4835, the court of claims dismissed a fifteen-year-old high school student’s lawsuit alleging that a university failed to supervise a university police officer who engaged in sexual harassment toward the high school student and, therefore failed to protect the high school student from such alleged sexual harassment […]
In the case of Alford v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., 2022-Ohio-4833, the Court of Claims held that a correctional facility was entitled to qualified immunity from defamation claims when the facility relied upon credible conduct reports. In this case, an inmate argued that the inmate was damaged based upon alleged defamatory statements contained […]
In the case of George v. Miami Univ., 2022-Ohio-4837, a Court of Claims magistrate recommended that a university be held liable for injuries arising from a Zamboni impacting an individual who fell into an ice rink through an unlocked, open door as a reasonable person would not perceive the danger of an open door leading […]
In the case of McCombs v. Ohio Dept. of Dev. Disabilities, 2022-Ohio-4834, the Court of Claims of Ohio held that the proper process for determining damages arising from the abuse of disabled individuals is to look at the global circumstances including, but not limited to, the individual abuses and the cumulative effect of such abuses […]