In the case of Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Div. v. Laborers’ Internatl. Union of N. Am., Local Union No. 860, 2022-Ohio-2866, the appellate court held that an arbitrator’s award should be modified because the arbitrator exceeded his authority under R.C. 2711.11(B) when he awarded on an issue that was not submitted to […]
In the Attorney General Opinion 2022 Ohio Atty.Gen.Ops. No. 2022-012, the Attorney General held that a township is not required to have a separate board of zoning appeals for each zoned area of the township pursuant to R.C. 519.13. In this opinion, the question was asked whether a township is required to have a separate […]
In the case of Silvaggio v. Ashtabula Area City Sch. Bd. Of Educ., N.D.Ohio No. 22-cv-862, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144853 (Aug. 12, 2022), a federal district court held that (1) a claim against a intervention specialist who allegedly wrongfully detained a special needs student in a restroom was appropriate under the Fourth Amendment, and […]
In the case of State ex. rel. Casey v. Brown, 2022-Ohio-2843, the Court denied a firefighter’s petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to compel the city to promote him to a recently vacated position after the union rejected his grievance. In order to be entitled to a writ of mandamus, a relator must demonstrate: […]
In the case of Career & Technical Assn. v. Auburn Vocational School Dist. Bd. Of Edn., 2022- Ohio-2737, the Court of Appeals held that a board of education’s unilateral modification to a collective bargaining agreement in termination of a stipend fell outside the scope of R.C. Chapter 4117, thus removing exclusive jurisdiction from the State […]
In the case of In re D.B., 2022-Ohio-2624, the appellate court held that the trial court failed to declare a financially responsible school district for a minor child at the time the child was removed from the custody of his natural mother in accordance with R.C. 2151.362(A)(1), and thus remanded the case back to the […]