Employment Law Court Rulings

Per Mayle, J., although framed as contract claims, plaintiff's complaint alleges conduct that, if proven, constitutes an unfair labor practice specifically enumerated in R.C. 4117.11. State Employee Relations Board ("SERB") has exclusive jurisdiction over her claims. Plaintiff has not been deprived…

Defendant, Montrell Reid, appeals from his guilty-pleaded convictions for harassment and stalking, both Class A misdemeanors. Under the plea agreement, Defendant agreed to serve eleven months and twenty-nine days for each count, with the sentences to be served consecutively and the manner of…

DOMESTIC RELATIONS – VISITATION – termination of visitation rights; abuse of discretion standard of review; the trial court found clear and convincing evidence of extraordinary circumstances that would justify terminating Appellant's visitation rights, namely that visitation with Appellant would…

unemployment benefits; discharge; voluntary departure; misconduct; benefit eligibility.

zoning enforcement; side street setback; board of adjustment; law of the case; permit presumption.

second opinion evaluation, temporary partial disability, wage records

This is an appeal from a will contest wherein the decedent executed the will at the hospital where he was a patient. Two hospital employees signed the will as attesting witnesses, and their signatures were then notarized by another staff member. After the decedent died, his son contested the…

In this property dispute between neighbors, Michelle A. Blechman and James W. Blechman (collectively, plaintiffs), appealed from a Superior Court judgment, following a bench trial, in favor of the defendant, Donald Woodward. The plaintiffs argued that the trial justice erred: (1) in her…

The respondent, Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERSRI), sought review by a writ of certiorari of a Workers' Compensation Court (WCC) order denying its motion to dismiss an appeal by the petitioner, Sean M. O'Connell (Mr. O'Connell), of a state retirement board decision denying his…

Relators challenge the licensing order with penalty issued against them by respondent Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (the department), arguing that the commissioner of labor and industry's final order was arbitrary and capricious and unsupported by substantial evidence. Because the…

On certiorari review, relator challenges the decision of an unemployment-law judge (ULJ) that relator is ineligible for unemployment benefits because she was discharged for employment misconduct. Relator argues that the ULJ's decision must be reversed for four reasons: (1) the decision was not…

In this mortgage-foreclosure dispute, the district court granted summary judgment for respondent-bank, permitted foreclosure of appellant's property, reformed the underlying mortgage, and dismissed appellant's counterclaims. On appeal, appellant challenges those determinations. Because the district…

This intellectual-property dispute between two companies based in California arises out of the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets that initially occurred in California some fifteen years ago. Defendant CrowdStrike, Inc. (CrowdStrike) filed a special appearance, which the Court grants. The…