Court decisions from across the country have implications right here in Ohio. Here is a selection of recent cases, and why they matter.
In the case of Gohl v. Livona Public School Dist., No. 16a0226p.06 (6th Cir. Sept. 8, 2016), a federal appellate court found that the parent of a student with hydrocephalus did not present enough evidence to establish a constitutional violation where the special education teacher allegedly engaged in classroom conduct that witnesses complained of as […]
In the case of Gates v. Leonbruno, 2016-Ohio-5627, an Ohio appellate court found that “no reasonable factfinder could find that, in following [an accelerating vehicle, the police officer] acted wantonly, i.e., that he failed to exercise any care toward those to whom a duty of care is owed under circumstances in which there is great […]
In the case of Milbert v. Wells Twp. Haunted House, Inc., 2016-Ohio-5643 serves as a reminder that governmental entities have more to fear during the Halloween season than ghosts and goblins. In Milbert, an Ohio appellate court found that a township could be liable for negligently designing a haunted house containing three swinging coffin rides. […]
In the case of Carter v. Reese, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-5569, the Ohio Supreme Court held that “Ohio’s Good Samaritan statute applies to any person who administers emergency care or treatment at the scene of an emergency” not just health care professionals. The Ohio Supreme Court further held that emergency care “includes rendering medical and […]
In the case of Carcaño v. McCrory, No. 1:16cv236 (M.D.N.C. Aug. 26, 2016), a federal district court in North Carolina found that a 2015 United States Department of Education (“Department”) opinion letter, which directed schools to provide transgender students equal access to locker rooms and shower facilities consistent with their gender identities, must “be accorded […]
In the case of Cox v. Dayton Pub. Schools Bd. of Edn., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-5505, the Ohio Supreme Court found that, for purposes of the three month deadline to contest an arbitration award, service of the motion to vacate, modify, or correct an arbitration award is complete upon mailing and not when it is […]
In the case of State ex rel. Bates v. Smith, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-5449, the Ohio Supreme Court invalidated the actions of two trustees who attempted to declare the third trustee office vacant because (1) the office was not vacant under Ohio law and (2) the trustees violated the Open Meetings Act. The dispute began […]
In the case of Texas v. United States, No. 7:16-cv-00054 (N.D. Tex. Aug. 21, 2016), a federal district court in Texas issued a nationwide order preventing the United States Department of Education (“Department”) from “initiating, continuing, or concluding any investigation based on [the Department’s] interpretation that the definition of sex includes gender identity in Title […]