UPDATE: Contempt Hearing Ordered for Ohio Redistricting Commission On February 18, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court ordered the Ohio Redistricting Commission (“Commission”) to appear for a hearing on March 1, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., to explain why the Commission should not be held in contempt for failing to comply with the Court’s prior order directing […]
In the case of Clemons v. Cardington, 2022-Ohio-513, the Ohio Fifth District Court of Appeals held that the trial court properly denied a village’s political subdivision immunity-based motion for summary judgment where an attendee of a festival operated by the village was injured by stepping on a catch basin set in crumbling pavement. Here, the […]
In the case of Northridge Local Schools Bd. of Edn. v. Montgomery Cty. Bd. of Revision, 2022-Ohio-495, the Ohio Second District Court of Appeals affirmed the Board of Tax Appeals’ dismissal of a taxpayer’s property valuation complaint filed with the county board of revision (“BOR”) as untimely. While R.C. 5715.19(A)(1) includes a deadline for filing […]
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a fact sheet to remind public schools of their obligations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to disabled students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Section 504 is a federal law that guarantees equal access to educational services to disabled students in public […]
On February 17, 2022, Ohio Governor Mike Dewine signed into law House Bill 51, which permits members of public bodies to conduct and attend meetings and hearings by means of teleconference, video conference, or other similar electronic technology until June 30, 2022. Absent this law, public bodies would not be permitted to meet virtually but […]
In the case of Cleavenger v. B.O., 2022-Ohio-454, the Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals held that the trial court properly granted a motion to dismiss a 42 U.S.C. 1983 (“Section 1983”) claim alleging that an alleged crime victim made false statements to the police and at trial about an alleged crime the plaintiff committed. […]