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Nursing Homes May Be Liable in Wrongful Death Suit

In the case of Estate of Fleenor v. Ottawa Cty., 2021-Ohio-2251, the Sixth District Court of Appeals ruled that a county-owned nursing home is not entitled to immunity in a wrongful death claim on behalf of a patient who died after a fall at the home when the liability of the nursing staff is in […]

United States Supreme Court Will Not Hear Transgender Discrimination Case

The United States Supreme Court declined to hear the transgender rights issues in Gloucester County School Board of Education v. Grimm, thereby allowing the lower court decisions protecting a transgender student’s right to choose a bathroom facility based on their gender identity to stand. The American Civil Liberties Union argued on behalf of Grimm that […]

Snow Covered Parking Lot Does Not Create Liability

In the case of Hensel v. Siegfried Ents., Inc., 2021-Ohio-2137, the Sixth District Court of Appeals held that a fast-food restaurant was not liable for a customer’s alleged injury suffered after a fall in the ice and snow-covered parking lot. Here, the customer argued that an exception to the “no duty winter rule” existed because […]

Grand Jury Testimony Immune from Production

In the case of Daher v. Cuyahoga Community College Dist., 2021-Ohio-2103, the Eighth District Court of Appeals held that statements made to a grand jury are subject to absolute immunity and that immunity prevents the testimony from being used as evidence in a civil action. Here, an individual filed a civil action against several parties […]