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In the case of Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., 596 U.S. ____ (2022), the Ohio Supreme Court held that courts are not to create arbitration-preferring procedural rules based on the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) “policy favoring arbitration” when deciding whether a party waived its right to arbitrate, and that the Eighth Circuit erred in conditioning a […]

In the case of Beard v. Dir. Of Job & Family Servs., 2022-Ohio-1690, the Appellate Court held that an employee was not entitled to unemployment benefits when he quit his job without just cause. Here, the employee argued that he left his job with just cause because he had an issue with payroll that his […]

In the case of Anderson v. AccuScripts Pharmacy, L.L.C., 2022-Ohio-1663, the Appellate Court held that epilepsy is considered a disability under Ohio law and firing an employee with epilepsy must be done for nondiscriminatory reasons. Here, the employee alleged that she was terminated from her job based on her disability in violation of R.C. 4112.02. […]

In the case of Doe v. Nelsonville-York Sch. Dist. Bd. Of Educ., S.D. Ohio No. 2:20-cv-4467 (May 16, 2022), a federal district court found that two disabled students could not bring claims against the school district for failing to protect the disabled students from bullying when the disabled students did not provide any evidence to […]

In the case of Brown v. Fukuvi USA Inc., 2022-Ohio-1608, the Court held that there is no duty for an employer to pay commissions and bonuses to an employee when such terms are not clearly agreed upon. Here, the employee argued that his offer of employment included payment of commissions and bonuses as part of […]