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 […]
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 […]