State ex rel. Platt v. Montgomery Cty. Bd. of Elections

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.

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.

Civil law—Insurance—Arbitration agreements—The presumption of arbitrability applies to a bad-faith insurance-handling claim when the arbitration agreement contains a broad clause and the underlying civil action could not be maintained without referring to the insurance policy or the relationship between the insurer and the insured—Court of appeals' judgment reversed.