Wrongful Termination Cases

In this wrongful dismissal case, Sonya Brooks ("Brooks") sued her former employer Roane County and county officials Ron Woody and Gloria Wright ("Defendants"). In a March 9, 2017 order, the Circuit Court for Roane County ("the Trial Court") dismissed Brooks' lawsuit against Defendants with…

Administrative Procedure Termination Just Cause Due Process Findings of Fact Conclusions of Law Attorney's Fees Back Pay

This interlocutory appeal involves a complaint for damages under the Public Employee Political Freedom Act. The chancery court transferred the case to circuit court after determining that only unliquidated damages were "available" under the statute. We conclude that the complaint failed to allege…

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…

Because R.C. 119.12(N) expressly limits an agency's right to appeal an adverse ruling of the common pleas court to questions of law relating to the constitutionality, construction, or interpretation of statutes and rules of the agency, the court of appeals did not have jurisdiction of an appeal by…

Common pleas court did not abuse its discretion by affirming Unemployment Review Commission determination on the facts of this case, that medical transportation company's drivers were employees rather than independent contractors. The common pleas court examined the twenty factors set forth by rule…

The common pleas court did not abuse its discretion on R.C. 3319.16 appellate review when it affirmed the board of education's order terminating teacher's employment. Judgment of the common pleas court affirmed.

The Ohio Unemployment Compensation Review Commission (Commission) decided that Plaintiff-appellant's employment termination was for just cause, and, accordingly, that she was ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits. The trial court affirmed the Commission's decision. The record is…

contested case hearing, Whistleblower Act

Dismissal of complaint motion for judgment on pleadings common-law tort for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy Greeley claim unlicensed practice of nursing R.C. 4723.03 reporting Ohio Board of Nursing retaliatory discharge R.C. 4723.341 R.C. 4113.52 jeopardy adequate statutory remedy.…

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…

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…

summary judgment, Civ.R. 56, App.R. 16(A)(7), disability discrimination, R.C. 4112.02, workers' compensation, retaliation, R.C. 4123.90

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

No error disposing case because no issue of material fact existed to challenge whether employment was governed by CBA no jurisdiction.

Objections to magistrate's decision overruled in workers compensation original action brought by injured worker. No abuse of discretion by Industrial Commission of Ohio in denying ongoing psychological counseling recommended by psychologist professional who was not a psychiatrist. Issue of the…

Workers' compensation compensability of injury employer-funded disability payment credit Industrial Commission's authority to amend deputy commissioner's opinion and award issue preservation

Judgment affirmed. The trial court did not err when it granted summary judgment in favor of appellee. Under Ohio's borrowing statute, R.C. 2305.03, and controlling choice of law principles, Tennessee law applied to appellant's wrongful termination claims. Consequently, appellant's claims were…