In the case of Warchol v. Superintendent of Washington Local School Dist., 2022-Ohio-3140, a special master held that a request for all documents, email, and correspondence regarding COVID-19, unspecified certifications, school funding, and HVAC system maintenance without a specified time period were ambiguous and overbroad and, therefore, the superintendent was not required to supply any […]
In the case of State ex rel. Cleveland Assn. of Rescue Emps. v. Cleveland, 2022-Ohio-3043, the Appellate Court granted the union’s mandamus action brought against the city of Cleveland to compel the release of emails of certain city employees. Here, the union submitted a request to the city for the release of emails of certain […]
In the case of State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Count Board of Revision, 2022-Ohio-3003, the Appellate Court found that Appellant failed to establish that the Board violated the Open Meetings Act under R.C. 5715.02. Here, Appellant argues that the Board violated R.C. 5715.02 by allowing a non-board member to vote and participate in the […]
In the case of K.W. (Junior) v. Canton City Sch. Dist. N.D.Ohio No. 5:21-CV-02423, (Aug. 25, 2022), a federal district court held that (1) if true, a school board may be liable for failing to train, supervise, and monitor its coaches when the coaches forced a student to pork product contrary to the student’s religious […]
In the case of Boardman Ohio Parents Org. v. Boardman Local Schools, N.D.Ohio No. 4:21-cv-02184 (Aug. 25, 2022), a federal district court held that the parents could not sue the school board over the parents’ claims of potential harm to their children due to the board’s masking policy because the harms were merely speculative and […]
In the case of Guillard v. Pyle, S.D.Ohio No. 2:22-cv-1960 (Aug. 24, 2022), a federal district court magistrate judge liberally construed an amended complaint of a pro se mother and recommended that her claims against school district defendants to proceed beyond the pleading stage based upon the mother’s allegations that the school district defendants created […]