Category: Case Updates

In the case of Krouse v. Ohio State Univ., 2018-Ohio-5014, an Ohio Court of Claims adopted a special master’s findings that personally identifiable information cannot be redacted and records must be withheld in their entirety when the a public records requester already knows the identity of the student whom the records relate. Additionally, when a request is made […]

In the case of United Elec. Radio & Machine Workers of Am. v. Highland Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2018-Ohio-5307, an Ohio appellate court held that a school board may non-renew non-teaching employees with or without cause absent collective bargaining language stating otherwise. This case involved two non-teaching employees hired on limited one-year contracts. At […]

In the case of Heisig v. MetroHealth Sys., 2018-Ohio-4925, the Ohio Court of Claims adopted a special master’s recommendation that public records previously filed under seal with a judicial court must still be provided pursuant to a public records request absent a specific exemption. In this case, a public office denied a public record request for […]

In the case of Slattery v. Cleveland, 2018-Ohio-4591, the Court of Claims adopted a special master’s findings that a public records action filed after requested documents had been produced cannot be used to chastise or harass a public office – regardless of how untimely the records were produced. As a general rule, a public records requestor […]

In the case of Mauntel v. Norwood, 2018-Ohio-4756, an Ohio appellate court held that a political subdivision is immune from liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the negligent failure to repair roadside curbs. As we previously blogged about here, this case involves political subdivision immunity when carrying out a “governmental […]

In the case of Zanesville Metro. Hous. Auth. v. Tichenor, 2018-Ohio-4734, an Ohio appellate court held that a public employee was not terminated for just cause for purposes of unemployment compensation benefits when the employee failed to clock in and out of work on seven occasions over an eight month period. Under Ohio’s unemployment compensation system, […]

In the case of Crawford v. Kirtland Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2018-Ohio-4569, an Ohio appellate court held that it lacked jurisdiction over the portion of a teacher’s claims relating to a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) – specifically the portion of the claim relating to the teacher’s evaluation. This case involves a teacher who filed […]

In the case of Murgu v. Lakewood City School Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2018-Ohio-4643, an Ohio appellate court denied a school board the right to assert its statutory immunity defense when the school board failed to raise the defense in its initial motion for summary judgment. While the school board asserted its statutory immunity defense in […]