On February 4, 2022, the Ohio Attorney General issued a formal opinion to the Richland County Prosecuting Attorney explaining that the territory of an educational service center containing a local district whose territory is in a separate county is still part of the educational service center’s territory. Because R.C. 3311.05(A) defines the territory of an […]
In the case of Ingram v. Regano, Case No. 21-3342 (6th Cir. Feb. 3, 2022), an appellate court held that a motion to dismiss is improper if a plaintiff’s complaint contains sufficient factual allegations suggesting that school official acted in bad faith to fall within the exceptions to immunity under Ohio Revised Code § 2744.03. […]
In the case of Akron Edn. Assn. v. Akron City School Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2022-Ohio-275, the Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals held that the trial court did not err in vacating an arbitration award to a teacher in which the arbitrator found that the school district acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner […]
In the case of State ex rel. Horton v. Kilbane, 2022-Ohio-205, the Ohio Supreme Court denied a citizen’s petition for a writ of mandamus to compel a city to provide public records regarding the city’s implementation of a traffic-ticket quota because the citizen impermissibly broadened one request and the city did not possess the record […]
In the case of Staple v. Ravenna, 2022-Ohio-261, the Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals held that the trial court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over a police officer’s action against the city to enforce the arbitration provision of a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) between the city and union because the officer’s claim stemmed from a labor […]
In the case of Owens v. Giant Eagle, Inc., 2022-Ohio-192, the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals held that the trial court erred in granting an employer’s motion for summary judgment because an employee injured during the employee’s work shift was not injured outside the scope of employment, even though the employee was not injured […]