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In the case of Wirtz v. Medina City School Dist. Bd. of Edn., N.D.Ohio No. 1:21-cv-1730 (July 8, 2022), a federal district court held that (1) a non-attorney parent cannot bring a suit pro se on behalf of the parent’s children and (2) the parent failed to provide any support of why the Ninth Amendment […]

In the case of State ex rel. Hemphill v. Ohio State Emp. Relations Bd., 2022-Ohio-2299, the appellate court denied a state employee’s petition for a writ of mandamus, or extraordinary court order, where a state employee’s unfair labor practice charge was untimely, and the Ohio State Employment Relations Board (“SERB”) did not abuse its discretion […]

In the case of Ames v. Geauga Cty. Bd. of Revision, 2022-Ohio-2281, the Appellate Court held that a board of revision did not violate the Open Meetings Act by allowing a deputy treasurer and deputy auditor to perform official duties of the county board of revision. Here, Relator-Appellant asserted that the board of revision exceeded […]

In the case of Starling v. Ohio Dept. of Dev. Disabilities, 2022-Ohio-2225, the appellate court held that a residential treatment facility was negligent in physically restraining a patient where the patient had not created a risk of imminent harm to himself or others, and that restraint ultimately led to the patient’s death when he broke […]

In the case of Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 597 U.S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment protect an individual engaging in a personal religious observance from government retaliation because the Constitution neither mandates nor permits the government to suppress such religious expression. Here, […]