Breach of Contract Cases

EMPLOYMENT – CORPORATIONS – MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS – WRONGFUL DISCHARGE – BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY – CONTRACTS - RELEASES: The trial court did not err in granting a motion for summary judgment filed by defendants majority shareholders on plaintiff minority shareholder's claims for breach of…

This Opinion addresses the enforcement of a mandatory Buy-Sell Option clause and its specific performance remedy after the Offeror tendered the requisite buy/sell notice and the Offeree failed to respond to the notice and claimed the Offeror violated the underlying Company Agreement. The Court…

This Opinion addresses the enforcement of a mandatory Buy-Sell Option clause and its specific performance remedy after the Offeror tendered the requisite buy/sell notice and the Offeree failed to respond to the notice and claimed the Offeror violated the underlying Company Agreement. The Court…

Motion for staying pending arbitration denied; appellee, an orthodontist, entered seven contracts with a dental alliance; some contracts had arbitration clauses and employee restrictive covenants, some did not; the restrictive covenants in the contracts were not the same; appellant filed…

BREACH OF CONTRACT — NEGLIGENT MISREPRESENTATION: The trial court did not err by ruling in favor of defendant owner on plaintiff contractor's claim for breach of contract where the record supports the trial court's determination that plaintiff contractor failed to provide the requisite notice of…

In this opinion, the Court holds that a clause in an arbitration agreement attempting to shorten the statute of limitations is void as against public policy. The Court further holds the illegal clause is not severable and renders the entire arbitration section of the contract unenforceable.

summary judgment, R.C. 4113.52, retaliatory discharge

A plaintiff-employee states a valid claim for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy where she claims that she was an at-will employee and was fired for filing a good-faith complaint with her employer and with OSHA concerning COVID-19 hazards and a mice infestation in her workplace. In a…

The Court of Claims did not err in granting Ohio State University's ("OSU") motion for summary judgment on the employment discrimination claim or in dismissing the breach of contract claim based on a collective bargaining agreement for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.

Motion to compel arbitration; unconscionability; abuse of discretion; App.R. 16(A)(7). Plaintiff alleged causes of action regarding a contract with defendant. Defendant moved to compel arbitration based on arbitration clause in contract. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by ordering…

Retired State Employees; Class Action Suit Sovereign Immunity; Interlocutory appeal; Substantial Right; Cost of Living Allowances; Contractual Right; N.C. Gen. Stat. § Sec. 135-5