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 Morelia Group-DE, L.L.C. v. Weidman, 2023-Ohio-386, an appellate court held that a business sufficiently alleged a “set of facts” that, if proven true, may trigger the limited R.C. 2744.03(A)(6)(b) statutory immunity exception afforded to a township trustee as the complaint alleges that the trustee’s “personal animus” toward the business’s chief executive […]
In the case of Stanford v. Northmont City School Dist., S.D.Ohio No. 3:19-cv-399 (Feb. 8, 2023), a federal district court dismissed the unlawful search, discipline, and discrimination federal claims brought by two minority high school students as the students failed to show that either the school board or any of its officials acted unlawfully after […]
In the case of State ex rel. Media & Democracy Ctr. v. Atty Gen., 2023-Ohio-364, an appellate court held that the Attorney General must comply with discovery requests that were beyond the scope of public records request when those discovery requests are necessary to determine the existence of public records and that a public official […]
In the case of The Markup v. Ohio Dept. of Job & Family Servs., 2023-Ohio-623, a special master held that most records relating to how the agency’s unemployment insurance fraud prediction system worked were infrastructure records under R.C. 149.433 and were exempt from disclosure under R.C. 149.43. In this case, the requester argued that the […]
In the case of Duff v. Christopher, 2023-Ohio-349, the lead decision for an appellate court concluded that a trial court was required to hold an evidentiary hearing to determine whether an employer’s president threatened to shoot an employee in the head while holding the president’s hand up mimicking a handgun raising arose out of and/or […]
In the case of Van De Hey v. Ashtabula Cty. Aud., 2023-Ohio-346, an appellate court held that a taxpayer failed to file an appeal with the board within the statutorily required timeframe under R.C. 5717.05 when the board did not receive the notice of appeal through certified mail before the appeal deadline elapsed, and therefore, […]
In the case of Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Assn. v. Cleveland, 2023-Ohio-71, the appellate court found that the union was improperly using the Declaratory Judgment Act (R.C. Chapter 2721) to circumvent binding contractual and administrative procedures regarding the police officer discipline process. In this case, the union argued that the city should be prohibited from disciplining […]
In the case of Freeman v. Lovejoy, 2023-Ohio-503, an appellate court held that a genuine issue of fact existed for a jury to decide as to whether a firefighter was acting recklessly when driving a fire engine given the visual and sound obstructions in the area and number of lanes of travel the firefighter was […]