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 Jones v. City of Cincinnati, S.D.Ohio, No. 1:22-cv-530, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69374 (April 19, 2023), a federal district court held that the applicant could not sue the police department when the right-to-sue letter issued by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (“EEOC”) did not name the party. In this case, the […]
In the case of State ex rel. Intl. Union of Operating Engineers, Local 20 v. State Employment Relations Bd., 2023-Ohio-1253, an appellate court held that an employment board did not have probable cause to investigate a school for an unfair labor practice under R.C. 4117.11 for a contractual dispute relating to the union and school’s […]
In the case of State ex rel. Ames v. Geauga Cty. Bd. of Revision, 2023-Ohio-1247, an appellate court held that the requester could not appeal the trial court’s adoption of the magistrate’s decision because the objector did not object to a magistrate’s decision or claim plain error. In this case, the requestor argued that the […]
In the case of Reinoehl v. Whitmer, No. 22-1343 (April 17, 2023), a federal appellate found that the trial court properly dismissed all an individual’s claims against government officials and a local YMCA stemming from an incident where the individual was denied entry for failure to comply with the YMCA’s mask requirement. In this case, […]
In the case of Wright State Univ. v. Am. Assn. of Univ. Professors, Wright State Chapter, 2023-Ohio-1238, an appellate court held that the union’s request for arbitration was invalid because an arbitration request must adhere to the timing and arbitrator selection provisions in a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”). In this case, the union argued that […]
In the case of Burks v. Dayton Public Schools BOE, 2023-Ohio-1227, an appellate court held that a principal failed to state claims for both IIED and breach of fiduciary duty against a school board and the school board’s lawyer when the board’s lawyer revealed information that the board and principal had agreed would remain confidential […]
In the case of Lipp v. Univ. of Cincinnati, 2023-Ohio-1224, an appellate court held that vaccination exempt students did not have standing to sue a university over the university’s COVID-19 policies because the students were not harmed by the policies. In this case, the students argued that (1) the university exceeded its authority under R.C. […]
In the case of Weiler v. DLR Group, 2023-Ohio-1221, an appellate court held that an employee could not sue a former employer as the employee had not pled enough facts to show that the former employer tortiously interfered with the employee’s subsequent employment or the employee’s attempts to gain further employment after the employee was […]