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 Ohio Attorney General news release on November 28, 2022, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a motion asking to be appointed lead plaintiff in a securities class-action lawsuit, claiming that Warner Bros. Discovery (“WBD”) deliberately misled investors during the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery Inc., fueling $25.5 million in losses for the […]
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 […]
In the case of State ex rel. Ohio Assn. of Pub. School Emps. v. Willoughby-Eastlake City School Dist., 2022-Ohio-4242, the appellate court held that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to determine a “calamity day” dispute — to the extent an explicit conflict actually existed between the collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) and statute — as the […]
In the case of Myers v. Boardman Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Edn., N.D.Ohio No. 4:21-cv-2048, a federal district court issued a July 11, 2022 decision denying the school board’s motion to dismiss holding that, considering the alleged facts most favorable to a mother and her son, sufficient facts were pled to alleged that a […]