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 Grubach v. Univ. of Akron, 2020-Ohio-3467, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2411, an Ohio appellate court held that in a student’s breach of contract claim, summary judgment for the university was in error because the university refused to submit the student’s complaint to the grievance process outlined in the student handbook. However, summary […]
In the case Brooklyn T. v. Knox Cty., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111961, 2020 WL 3473643, a U.S. District Court found that although the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act’s exhaustion requirement applies to Plaintiffs’ claim, exhaustion is not required because it would be futile. Although not explicitly addressed in the Sixth Circuit case law, the […]
In the case Nance v. Lima Auto Mall, Inc., 2020-Ohio-3419, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2352, an Ohio appellate court held that the trial court did not err in granting the employer’s motion for summary judgment, because the employee failed to demonstrate that she was treated less favorably than her male coworkers after engaging in the […]
In the case Bulgrin v. Stow-Munroe Falls City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ., 2020-Ohio-3348, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2285, an appellate court found that the trial court did not err in granting a school district’s motion for judgment on the pleadings regarding a teacher’s accrual of sick leave and vacation leave benefits because under the […]
In the case Georgia Bostock v. Clayton Cty., 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3252, 28 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 294, the Supreme Court of the United States interprets Title VII’s prohibition against employers discriminating “because of … sex” to also prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and transgender status. In this case, employers violated […]
In the case State ex rel. Prof’ls Guild v. State Empl. Rels. Bd., 2020-Ohio-3289, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2218, an appellate court found a professional guild’s objections to magistrate’s decision are sustained in part and the corresponding writ of mandamus is granted because the county changed the leave calculation under its Family Medical Leave Act […]
In the case Licking Cty. Veterans Servs. Comm’n v. Holmes, 2020-Ohio-3294, P1, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2228, an Ohio appellate court held that the trial court abused its discretion when it substituted its judgment for that of the State Personnel Board of Review (SPBR) concerning a civil service employee’s punishment, R.C. 119.12, because the trial […]
In the case State ex rel. Cook v. Bowling Green City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ., 2020-Ohio-3252, 2020 Ohio LEXIS 1326, the Ohio Supreme Court found that an elector was entitled to a writ of mandamus ordering a transferring board of education to certify the transfer proposal to the State Board of Education, but not […]