Employment Law Court Rulings

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order transferring action to the Municipal Court of San Francisco. Preston Devine, Judge. Affirmed. Action for damages for wrongful discharge of railroad employee, and for declaration of rights under a…

Where the Industrial Commission had evidence to support its view that the employee was not fired for assaulting his employer, the court will not overturn that credibility assessment. The Commission did not abuse its discretion in awarding temporary total disability after finding that the employer…

Motion to compel arbitration motion to stay proceedings pending arbitration R.C. 2711.02(B) R.C. 2711.03(A) arbitrability tort and statutory claims waiver. Trial court did not err in granting appellees' motion to compel arbitration and to stay proceedings pending arbitration. Based on the language…

The common pleas court improperly vacated a school board's decision to terminate a teacher's contract because it applied the wrong standard for "good and just cause" in an R.C. 3319.16 termination proceeding, failed to give deference to the referee's credibility determinations, and impermissibly…

Single joint employer doctrine retaliatory discharge sexual harassment/hostile work environment jury interrogatories plain error closing arguments