Employment Law Court Rulings

Trial court did not err when it denied appellant's application for a concealed carry license (CCL) based upon three felony convictions for which he been pardoned by the governor of Ohio. Significantly, his pardon does not equate with a sealing or expungement of his convictions pursuant to sections…

Res judicata

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…

Core Terms: public record court of claims R.C. 2743.75 R.C. 149.43 trade secret. Overview: Requester sought data, statistics and maps prepared by regional planning organization for inclusion in a bid to host a second national headquarters for Amazon, Inc. Respondent argued that the records were…

Motion for summary judgment Civ.R. 56 fellow employee immunity R.C. 4123.471 injury occurring in the course of and arising out of the plaintiff's employment. - Judgment affirmed. The trial court properly determined that the fellow employee immunity statute applied to the instant case. First, the…

Court of Claims of Ohio does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate issues governed by a collective bargaining agreement because it had no jurisdiction over the claim. The Court of Claims could not grant summary judgment of any party but had to dismiss the claim.

This matter arises out of administrative proceedings adjudging student allegations of inappropriate behavior by high school teacher James Viner. Following a full evidentiary hearing before the North Kingstown School Committee resulting in a decision to suspend Viner without pay for the 2015-2016…

Although the trial court erred as a matter of law in finding a contract ambiguous where the express terms of the contract contained an agreement to arbitrate, the error was harmless as the record supports the trial court's determination that the defendant waived its right to arbitration by…

Core Terms: public record court of claims R.C. 2743.75 R.C. 149.43(B)(8) inmate law enforcement investigatory records incarceration subsequent to request. Overview: Requester sought criminal law enforcement investigatory records maintained by respondent. Requester was on probation pursuant to…

Foreclosure mortgage admissibility of exhibits standing default notice of default. The trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of the foreclosing bank.

non-compete agreement - home care provider - default judgment - injunction - damages - show cause - contempt - hearing - abuse of discretion

This is an appeal of the termination of a tenured teacher's employment pursuant to the Tenure Act, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 49-5-501 and -515. The Cheatham County Director of Schools initiated these proceedings by filing a notice of charges recommending the termination of the tenured teacher on the…

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 did not err by finding that employee's claim for workers' compensation should be denied. The employee failed to prove that the condition that he now complains is separate and distinct from another claim that was already allowed.

Mandamus-Writ sought to compel Ohio Highway Patrol Retirement System Board to vacate its termination of his disability-retirement benefits-Court of appeals' abused its discretion in granting limited writ ordering the board to conduct a physical-capacity evaluation-Board had no duty to conduct…