Employment Law Court Rulings

The record contains competent, credible evidence to support the Unemployment Review Commission's determination that Price voluntarily resigned his employment without just cause. Therefore, the Commission's decision denying Price's claim for unemployment benefits is not unlawful, unreasonable, or…

The Court of Claims did not err in granting Ohio State University's ("OSU") motion for summary judgment on the employment discrimination claim or in dismissing the breach of contract claim based on a collective bargaining agreement for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.

A patient brought a health care liability action against his psychiatrist and the psychiatrist's employer, alleging the psychiatrist engaged in improper sexualized conduct that caused him psychological injury. The patient secured an expert witness in support of his suit, but the expert withdrew…

CIVIL - civil stalking protection order; R.C. 2903.214; ex parte; harassment and threats; social media; screenshots; hearing before magistrate; objections filed; no transcript of proceedings; trial court adopted magistrate's decision; weight of the evidence; sufficiency of the evidence; Civ.R.…

spousal support, pension, qualified domestic relations order ("QDRO"), termination, unambiguous, magistrate's decision

The plaintiff, Walter L. Bronhard d/b/a Walter L. Bronhard Real Estate, appealed from a Superior Court judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Thayer Street District Management Authority, following the grant of the defendant's motion for summary judgment. On appeal, the plaintiff argued that…

The defendant appealed from the trial court's denial of his special motion to dismiss filed pursuant to the anti-SLAPP statute (§ 52-196a). He claimed that the court, inter alia, erred in determining that his alleged conduct, in connection with an application for a civil protection order and with…