MetroHealth Sys

Civ.R. 56 summary judgment App.R. 16 App.R. 12 at will employment wrongful discharge in violation of public policy clarity element. Appellant fails to separately argue her assignments of error, but in the interest of judicial fairness, we address the assigned errors. The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of appellees when appellant was unable to show that there were genuine issues of material fact. Although there is a clear public policy favoring workplace safety, appellant was unable to identify a public policy exception to the at will employment doctrine that is applicable to her claims.

Race discrimination summary judgment R.C. 4112.02(A) Civ.R. 56(C) Ohio Civil Rights Act discriminatory animus direct evidence indirect evidence prima facie case. The trial court did not err when it granted the defendant's summary judgment motion on the plaintiff's race discrimination claim because the plaintiff failed to meet his burden in establishing a prima facie case of race discrimination through direct or indirect evidence. Accordingly, no genuine issues of material fact remained, and the defendant was entitled to judgment as a matter of law.

Retaliatory-discharge retaliation whistleblower retaliation. The trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of a hospital in an action filed by a nurse who claimed she was discharged by the hospital in retaliation for her reporting an abuse by a nursing aide who raised all four rails of a resident's bed to confine the resident. Appellant nurse failed to create a genuine issue of material fact regarding her retaliatory-discharge claim under R.C. 3721.24 or whistleblower retaliation claim under R.C. 4113.52