U.S. Acute Care Solutions, L.L.C. v. Doctors Co. Risk Retention Group Ins. Co.

Mandamus—Public-records requests—Relator failed to show that the only named respondent, a mail-room employee, had a clear legal duty to provide requested public records—Court of appeals improperly dismissed complaint after granting summary judgment to respondent—Court of appeals' judgment modified, and writ and request for statutory damages denied.

Attorney fees—$400 an hour determined to be reasonable rate given respondents' concession and the absence of satisfactory evidence submitted by relator in support of $690 rate billed by relator's attorneys—Respondents invoked "good-faith exception" too late because former R.C. 149.43(C)(3)(c) does not provide a basis for reducing an award of attorney fees but, rather, applies only to the court's initial determination of whether to award fees to a prevailing relator—Relator's attorney-fee application granted in amount of $28,120.

Power Siting Board—R.C. 4906.10(A)—Solar-powered electric-generation facility—Application for certificate of environmental compatibility and public need—Board's determinations under R.C. 4906.10(A)(2), (3), and (6) were not unlawful or unreasonable—Board's order granting certificate affirmed.

Workers' compensation—Industrial Commission did not abuse its discretion in denying claimant's request for temporary-total-disability compensation after finding that he had voluntarily abandoned his employment by not accepting employer's job offer of light-duty work following work-related injury—Court of appeals' judgment denying writ of mandamus affirmed.

Attorneys—Character and fitness—Gov.Bar R. I(11)—Application for admission to practice of law in Ohio by transferred Uniform Bar Exam score—Gov.Bar R. I(13)(D)(3)—Abandonment of employment and clients, falsification of documents, general dishonesty, and lack of candor—Application disapproved but applicant permitted to reapply after July 1, 2026.