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In the Attorney General Formal Opinion, 2022 Ohio Atty.Gen.Ops. No. 2022-08, the Attorney General opined that a board of county commissioners is not required or permitted to enter into a contract with a general health district if the board has designated the health district as a tuberculosis-control unit (“Unit”), and if a general health district […]

In the case of WCPO-TV v. Ohio Dept. of Health, 2022-Ohio-1864, the Appellate Court held that the Ohio Department of Health violated the Public Records Act when it failed to properly respond to WCPO-TV’s (“WCPO”) records request identifying how many people passed away from Covid 19 that resided within certain care facilities. Here, the Ohio […]

In the case of Girdler v. Libassi, 2022-Ohio-1846, the Court of Appeals held that the municipality was responsible for maintaining a public sidewalk outside a homeowner’s home when a pedestrian was injured when she tripped and fell. Here, a pedestrian argued that a homeowner was negligent in allowing grass to grow between the sidewalk squares […]

In the case of Casey v. Jones, 2022-Ohio-1841, the court held that a homeowner was not negligent when an intruder attacked her social guest. Here, a guest was at a homeowner’s home for social purposes and was attacked by an intruder. The guest argued that the homeowner failed to ensure the guest’s safety while at […]