Discrimination Cases

Disability discrimination perceived prima facie transitory and minor. A plaintiff claiming disability discrimination cannot make out a prima facie case of being perceived as disabled if the plaintiff's injuries are transitory and minor — defined under federal law as an impairment with an actual or…

summary judgment – gender discrimination – legitimate business reason – pretext – retaliation – judgment based on arguments not asserted

Summary judgment race discrimination promissory estoppel overtime hours discovery motions. Trial court erred by granting summary judgment to defendant-employer regarding employee's race discrimination claim, because there are genuine issues of material fact. Summary judgment was properly granted to…

Plaintiff filed a wrongful termination case on the basis of racial discrimination as well as intentional infliction of emotional distress and retaliation against The Ohio State University. Plaintiff failed to file within the two year statute of limitation and the longer federal time period in this…

CIVIL - disability discrimination retaliatory discharge collateral estoppel res judicata grievance process used collective bargaining agreement statutory claims not barred separate not actually or necessarily litigated separate remedies are not jointly exhaustive summary judgment reasonable and…

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE – COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING AGREEMENT – UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE – WRONGFUL DISCHARGE – DISCRIMINATION – JURISDICTION: The State Employment Relations Board has exclusive jurisdiction over a wrongful-discharge claim brought against a public employer by an employee subject to a…

CIVIL - summary judgment Civ.R. 56(C) employment discrimination R.C. 4112.02(A) disparate treatment retaliation R.C. 4112.02(I) nondiscriminatory and pretextual reasons for termination

The trial court erred in awarding appellee attorney fees for alleged frivolous conduct by appellant pursuant to R.C. 2323.51(A)(2)(a)(ii). The court sustains appellant's assignment of error that the trial court erred in finding appellant's claims of age discrimination were not warranted under…