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 McGinty v. Ohio State Univ., 2020-Ohio-4315, 2020 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 125, an Ohio Court of Claims found that the magistrate properly concluded that the Chief Marketing Officer would have made the decision to terminate plaintiff absent any impermissible motive on her part, as there was sufficient evidence that plaintiff was not meeting […]
In the case of Kesterson v. Kent State Univ., 967 F.3d 519, 2020 U.S. App. (6th Cir.), the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, which found that the Kent State University did not violate Title IX in response to alleged […]
In the case Crider v. Gmri, Inc., 2020-Ohio-3668, 2020-Ohio-3668, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2595, an Ohio appellate court found in plaintiff’s sexual harassment action against her former employer, denial of defendants’ motion to dismiss or stay proceedings pending arbitration was not error where plaintiff’s claims relating to and arising from sexual assault were independent of […]
In the case Crider v. GMRI, Inc., 2020-Ohio-3668, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2595, 2020 WL 3868408, an Ohio appellate court found that in the plaintiff employee’s suit for sexual harassment and wrongful termination, the trial court properly denied defendants’ motion to stay proceedings pending arbitration under R.C. 2711.02(B), because the employee’s claims arising from the […]
In the case Musil v. Gerken Materials, Inc., 2020-Ohio-3548, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2497, 2020 WL 3529662, an Ohio appellate court found that plaintiff employee failed to satisfy the third element of his prima facie claim for disability discrimination, and thus the trial court did not err in awarding summary judgment on this claim to […]
In the case Musil v. Gerken Materials, Inc., 2020-Ohio-3548, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2497, 2020 WL 3529662, an Ohio appellate court found that an employee failed to satisfy the third element of his prima facie claim for disability discrimination, and thus the trial court did not err in awarding summary judgment on this claim to […]
In the case A.J.R. v. Bd. of Educ., 2019-Ohio-3402, 2019 Ohio App. LEXIS 3485, 2019 WL 3997419, an Ohio appellate court held that the family of a young student presented evidence that the student’s bullying of their child was ongoing and that it involved physical contact such as pushing in the bathroom line, in addition […]
In the case Harper v. Ventra Sandusky, LLC, 2020-Ohio-3490, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2423, an Ohio appellate court held that defendant was not liable under the ADA or Title VII in plaintiff’s employment case because plaintiff failed to establish any facts to show the existence of an employer-employee relationship between herself and defendant in June […]