Employment Law Court Rulings

Relators-appellants failed to state a claim for a writ of mandamus against Respondent-appellee, a private corporation, because an action for a writ of mandamus does not lie against a private corporation. In addition, Relators did not establish that they otherwise lack an adequate remedy in the…

REPORTED ORDER granting Unopposed Motion for Conditional Certification and Notice. Joint Status Report due by 1/8/2021. Signed by Senior Judge Nancy B. Firestone. (lb) Service on parties made. Keywords re Order on Motion, Reported Order: Fair Labor Standards Act 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) Conditional…

In this judicial review of an administrative decision, the trial court reversed the civil service commission's decision to reinstate a police officer to his position upon finding that the commission's reversal of the police department's termination of the employee was arbitrary and capricious. The…

RECLASSIFICATION – CIVIL SERVICE: The trial court did not abuse its discretion in affirming the decision of the Cincinnati Civil Service Commission, which confirmed the conclusion of a job classification study, where the evidence submitted supported the study's conclusion that a city employee's job…

Appeal from Department of Commerce Decisions under Chapter 96 Independent Contractor Status

The plaintiff appealed from a judgement of the Superior Court granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants on the basis of the doctrine of res judicata. On appeal, plaintiff argued that the hearing justice erred because there lacks identity of the issues between this action and the earlier…

The plaintiff insurance companies sought a declaratory judgment to deter- mine the rights and obligations of the parties under certain policies that the plaintiffs and certain of the defendant insurance companies had issued to the defendant manufacturer R Co. with respect to underlying lawsuits…