Wrongful Termination Cases

The Unemployment Compensation Review Commission did not err.

The trial court did not err in denying appellant's motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Civ.R. 60(B). Appellant's Civ.R. 60(B) motion was not an appropriate mechanism to challenge the trial court's judgment affirming a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Review Commission denying appellant unemployment benefits. Judgment affirmed.

board of Education, termination of contract, abuse of discretion, referee's report and recommendation, R.C. 3319

Mandamus-Public employment-R.C. 3319.081-Writ sought to compel school district to recognize custodian as "regular nonteaching school employee" with continuing-contract status-Writ denied.

Trial court abused its discretion when it reversed the appealable administrative order of the appellant/cross-appellee to terminate the employment contract of appellee/cross-appellant. Judgment reversed. R.C. 3319.16, Administrative appeal to trial court standard of review, a preponderance of substantial, reliable and probative evidence, appeal of trial court decision standard of review, abuse of discretion.

wrongful discharge, public policy, R.C. 4112.14, age discrimination, Civ.R. 56, visiting judge

CONTRACTS - SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT - CONDITION PRECEDENT: The trial court did not err in failing to enforce a settlement agreement in a wrongful-termination lawsuit where a condition precedent, that an independent advisor must approve the company's employee stock ownership plan's purchase of the plaintiff's shares of company stock, was not fulfilled, and where the trial court's findings that the independent advisor, who had declined to approve the purchase of the shares, had acted independently and that his decision had not been influenced by the company as a pretext to terminate the settlement were not against the manifest weight of the evidence.