Retaliation Cases

This appeal involves an employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuit initiated by former employees of a hospital's Security Services Department. The trial court granted summary judgment to the hospital defendants on all claims, holding that plaintiff employees had failed to establish a prima facie case of discrimination or retaliation. The employees appeal. We affirm.

R.C. 4113.52, whistleblower, Civ.R. 12(B)(6), failure to state a claim, motion to dismiss, wrongful discharge in violation of public policy

Trial court abused its discretion in denying motion for default on claim for breach of independent contractor agreement where plaintiff's complaint stated facts going to each element of his claim and defendant LLC failed to answer through licensed attorney. Default judgment was properly denied as to defamation claim because plaintiff's claim relied on self-republication doctrine which has not been adopted in Ohio.