In the case of Youngstown v. State Emp. Relations Bd., 2021-Ohio-4591, the Seventh District Court of Appeals held that the trial court did not err in affirming the state employment relations board’s (“SERB”) ruling that the city committed an unfair labor practice by threatening to eliminate and later eliminating three positions and that such actions […]
In the case of Bowman v. S. Vienna, 2021-Ohio-4587, the Second District Court of Appeals held that the trial court erred in finding that a former police chief was not a probationary employee when the police chief was never appointed by counsel. Here, the former police chief argued that the village failed to afford the […]
In the case of State ex rel. Ware v. Walsh, 2021-Ohio-4585, the Ninth District Court of Appeals denied an inmate’s petition to compel a prosecutor’s office to respond to his public records request because the prosecutor’s office had already provided requested personnel files and the inmate failed to obtain a finding from the sentencing judge […]
In the case of Anderson v. Westlake, 2021-Ohio-4582, the Ninth District Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision that police officers were immune from a suit alleging willful and/or reckless conduct by the officers within the scope of their employment. Here, the plaintiffs alleged that police officers were responsible for their serious physical injuries […]
In the case of State ex rel. Willer v. Ohio Public Emps. Retirement Sys., 2021-Ohio-4575, the Tenth District Court of Appeals held that the denial of a city employee’s petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the state public retirement system (“OPERS”) to allow continued service credit for the employee was proper. Here, the […]
In the case of Moody v. Ohio Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Servs., 2021-Ohio-4578, the Tenth District Court of Appeals held that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of an employer in a race discrimination and retaliation action brought by an employee. Here, the employee filed a complaint asserting claims […]