In the case Cuyahoga Cty. v. United Autoworkers Region 2-B, Local 70, Correction Officer Corporals’ Bargaining Unit, 2020-Ohio-3965, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 2866, an Ohio appellate court found that in county’s appeal of arbitrator’s award in favor of corrections officers union following termination of officer, trial court erred in vacating arbitrator’s award of suspension and reinstatement. Even if officer’s conduct of using excessive force violated public policy, the arbitrator’s award based on officer’s exemplary record and lack of malicious intent did not ignore the seriousness of his conduct because it imposed suspension, and it promoted the public policy of keeping inmates safe by requiring officer’s retraining, R.C. 341.01.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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