Employment Law Court Rulings

In this opinion, the Court holds that a clause in an arbitration agreement attempting to shorten the statute of limitations is void as against public policy. The Court further holds the illegal clause is not severable and renders the entire arbitration section of the contract unenforceable.

summary judgment, R.C. 4113.52, retaliatory discharge

MODIFICATION/TERMINATION OF SPOUSAL SUPPORT – MANIFEST WEIGHT – COHABITATION : The trial court did not err when it found that appellee-wife was not cohabitating with another male regardless of the standard applied where appellant-husband failed to show how the trial court's judgment was against the…

CIV.R. 60(B) — RES JUDICATA — APPELLATE REVIEW/CIVIL: The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's Civ.R. 60(B) motion for relief from judgment after the trial court granted summary judgment to plaintiff where defendant did not appeal from the trial court's summary-judgment…

¶1 The State moved to terminate Father's (Parker) parental rights to Child, a member of the Choctaw Nation. After a jury trial, held in compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act, the jury terminated Parker's rights. Parker was present for a portion of the trial. In this appeal we do not decide…

This appeal arises from an automobile accident. Appellants, one of the drivers and her husband, filed a complaint for negligence against appellees, the other driver and his employer. Appellees filed a motion for summary judgment, alleging that immediately preceding the collision, the…

A plaintiff-employee states a valid claim for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy where she claims that she was an at-will employee and was fired for filing a good-faith complaint with her employer and with OSHA concerning COVID-19 hazards and a mice infestation in her workplace. In a…