Employment Law Court Rulings

Mandamus to compel city of Mentor et al. to provide respondents access to certain Mentor Police Department internal affairs investigative reports, and city payroll and overtime records—Writ granted in part and denied in part—Relators entitled to award of attorney fees only insofar as their public…

Pursuant to statute (§ 12-161a), ''[i]n the institution of proceedings by any municipality to enforce collection of any delinquent tax on personal property from the owner of such property, through . . . any other pro- ceeding in law in the name of the municipality for purposes of enforcing such…

motion to dismiss, Civ.R. 12(B)(6), motion for judgment on the pleadings, Civ.R. 12(C), affirmative defense, political subdivision immunity, employee, R.C. 2744.09, defamation, libel per se, slander per se, privilege, falsity

Mandamus—Public-records requests—Documents prepared in attorney-discipline cases may be sought only through a request made under Sup.R. 44 through 47—Court of appeals' judgment denying writ sought under Public Records Act affirmed.

When an employee is suing an employer for an intentional tort, the employee must present evidence that the employer possessed the actual intent to harm an employee.

Taxation-Real-property valuation-Board of Tax Appeals did not abuse its discretion in adopting one appraisal as more persuasive than competing appraisal-Board of Tax Appeals did not act unreasonably or unlawfully in assigning credibility and weight to appraisal offered by county employee when there…