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 Kirk v. Hockenberry, S.D.Ohio 1:14-CV-713, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11392, an employee who resigned his employment filed multiple federal and state due process claims against his employer. The employee argued that the superintendent coerced his resignation by threatening to terminate him if he did not resign. The federal court began its […]
In the case of Wheat v. Columbus Bd. of Edn., 6th Cir. 15-3824, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 4988, a school employee suffered an on-the-job injury leaving her with constant pain. The employee took an unpaid leave of absence not to exceed two successive school years. When the employee did not return to work after her […]
In the case of Talawanda City School Dist., Bd. of Edn., 2015-Ohio-5450, a school board appealed the denial of a property tax exemption for a parcel of property that the board rented to a private farmer for farming rather than school purposes. The Ohio Supreme Court held that the 2010 amendments to R.C. 3313.44, which […]
In the case of Q.W. v. Bd. of Edn., 6th Cir. No. 15-5160, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5160, the parents of a student with autism appealed a school board’s decision that their son’s condition did not adversely affect his educational performance and, as a result, he was no longer eligible for special education services under […]
In the case of Betscher v. Governing Bd. Of Edn. Serv. Ctr., 2015-Ohio-4727, an educational service center employee who, by contract with the service center, worked two days each week for the county commissioner’s office, filed a lawsuit alleging that the service center failed to provide his paid vacation leave. An appeals court refused to […]
In the case of Beaver v. Licking Valley Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2015-Ohio-4557, a court upheld a student’s suspension and expulsion. The student appealed the discipline alleging multiple procedural violations in the suspension/expulsion process including: (1) the notice of expulsion only referenced one public agency that works toward improving student attitudes and behavior, […]
Reverse discrimination is a real claim according to a federal court. In the case of Pingle v. Richmond Heights Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn., N.D.Ohio 1:12-cv-2892, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146218, a Caucasian principal alleged that a school board committed reverse discrimination when it hired an African American to fill the superintendent position instead […]
In the case of Turner v. Grand Blanc Cmty. School Dist., E.D.Mich. No. 14-cv-14034, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141589, a teacher challenged a school board’s sign-in policy and public comment time limits at its public board meetings as a violation of the First Amendment. A federal court upheld the sign-in policy as it was merely […]