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In the case of Powell v. Cleveland, 2022-Ohio-4286, the appellate court held that a city was not liable for injuries sustained by an individual who crashed their motorcycle while attempting to avoid an untapered steel plate in a roadway next to a dip in the road as there was neither the “hazardous condition” nor “obstruction” […]

In the case of Cleveland v. Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Assn., 2022-Ohio-4284, the appellate court upheld an arbitration award reinstating a police officer who was terminated for excessive force and dishonesty as the arbitration award drew its essence from the collective bargaining agreement and was neither unlawful, arbitrary, nor capricious. The appellate court also refused to […]

In the case of Mullins v. Liberty Twp., 2022-Ohio-4350, the appellate court held that a township was not liable for injuries arising from a police dog bite because “civil liability” for police dog bites is not expressly imposed upon the township by any section of the Revised Code including, but not limited to, R.C. 955.28. […]

In the case of Mitchell v. Worley, 2022-Ohio-4222, the appellate court held that the “special benefit” exception to the “coming and going” rule did not apply simply because an employee relocated to Ohio and lived in a hotel. As a result, the appellate court held that the employer was not liable for the employee’s actions […]

In the case of Shaw v. Washington Court House City Schools Bd. of Edn., 2022-Ohio-4226, the appellate court held that a two-to-four-inch hole in the pavement near a drainage grate in an otherwise contiguously paved school parking lot surface does not constitute a “physical defect” necessary to trigger the narrow immunity exception set forth in […]