On February 28, 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law Senate Bill 181, which prohibits public and private schools from banning students from wearing religious apparel when participating in athletic and extracurricular activities and events unless such apparel presents a legitimate danger to other participants. To read this bill, click here. Authors: Matthew John […]
On February 28, 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law House Bill 229, which – in part – provides qualified immunity to camp operators from injuries arising from a “risk inherent to camping,” which is defined as a danger or condition that is an integral part of camping including, but not limited to, natural […]
On February 28, 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law House Bill 4, which requires – in part – that each public children service agency (“PCSA”) both disclose information discovered during child abuse/neglect investigations to a law enforcement agency and notify child abuse/neglect reporters that the PSCA has received the report and completed its […]
On February 25, 2022, the Center for Disease Control (“CDC”) updated its guidance on wearing masks in schools and on buses. In summary, the CDC is no longer recommending that all people, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks in schools and on buses in counties with low or medium COVID-19 community levels. However, in counties […]
In the case of State ex rel. Worthington v. Ohio Pub. Emps. Ret. Sys., 2022-Ohio-535, the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals denied a retired employee’s request that the Court order the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (“OPERS”) to retroactively reinstate the retired employee’s health insurance coverage for the period the retired employee was hired […]
In the case of Doe v. Cuyahoga Cty. Community College, 2022-Ohio-527, the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals remanded a negligent hiring case back to the trial court to determine whether any acts or omissions of college administrators were taken with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner. Here, a […]