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 Attorney General Formal Opinion, 2022 Ohio Atty.Gen.Ops. No. 2022-08, the Attorney General opined that a board of county commissioners is not required or permitted to enter into a contract with a general health district if the board has designated the health district as a tuberculosis-control unit (“Unit”), and if a general health district […]
In the case of WCPO-TV v. Ohio Dept. of Health, 2022-Ohio-1864, the Appellate Court held that the Ohio Department of Health violated the Public Records Act when it failed to properly respond to WCPO-TV’s (“WCPO”) records request identifying how many people passed away from Covid 19 that resided within certain care facilities. Here, the Ohio […]
In the case of Girdler v. Libassi, 2022-Ohio-1846, the Court of Appeals held that the municipality was responsible for maintaining a public sidewalk outside a homeowner’s home when a pedestrian was injured when she tripped and fell. Here, a pedestrian argued that a homeowner was negligent in allowing grass to grow between the sidewalk squares […]
In the case of Casey v. Jones, 2022-Ohio-1841, the court held that a homeowner was not negligent when an intruder attacked her social guest. Here, a guest was at a homeowner’s home for social purposes and was attacked by an intruder. The guest argued that the homeowner failed to ensure the guest’s safety while at […]
In the case of Schafer v. Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources, 2022-Ohio-1829 the Appellate Court held that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (“ODNR”) was immune from liability under R.C. 1533.181, the Recreational User Immunity Statute, where appellant filed a claim alleging negligence and wrongful death when a decedent was killed by a log rolled […]
In the case of Brentlinger v. Winsupply, Inc., 2022-Ohio-1779, the Appellate Court denied an employee’s claim for disability discrimination and interference with the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) and held that the employee did not sufficiently establish that she was entitled to FMLA leave. Here, the employee argued that her employer committed disability discrimination […]
In the case of Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., 596 U.S. ____ (2022), the Ohio Supreme Court held that courts are not to create arbitration-preferring procedural rules based on the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) “policy favoring arbitration” when deciding whether a party waived its right to arbitrate, and that the Eighth Circuit erred in conditioning a […]
In the case of Beard v. Dir. Of Job & Family Servs., 2022-Ohio-1690, the Appellate Court held that an employee was not entitled to unemployment benefits when he quit his job without just cause. Here, the employee argued that he left his job with just cause because he had an issue with payroll that his […]