Employment Law Court Rulings

Workers' compensation—R.C. 4123.65 requirement that settlements of workers' compensation claims against self-insured employers be in writing and not be effective for thirty days after signing applies to claims on appeal to a common pleas court under R.C. 4123.512 as well as to claims still at the…

Torts—Wrongful termination in violation of public policy—Employee terminated after questioning employer's failure to accurately report earnings to Bureau of Unemployment Compensation—Employee failed to meet jeopardy element of claim for wrongful termination—R.C. Chapter 4141 does not contain a…

The Supreme Court accepted jurisdiction over a certified question of law from the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado to determine whether there should be an arbitration-specific exception to Colorado's traditionally defined doctrine of equitable estoppel. The Court held that…

Trial court did not err by affirming SPBR decision that terminated employee was protected by whistleblower statute and that whistleblower activity motivated the termination because trial court could find there was reliable, probative, and substantial evidence to support conclusion that employee had…

This appeal addresses the authority of a county election commission to make a factual determination on the qualifications of a candidate seeking to be placed on a ballot. In this case, the defendant filed a petition to run for circuit court judge. A registered voter filed a complaint with the…

intentional infliction of emotional distress, severe and debilitating, wrongful discharge, public policy, child abuse, remittitur, attorney fees, lodestar calculation, contingency fee agreement, deviation, sanctions, frivolous conduct, R.C. 2323.51, media. Trial court did not err in denying…

We granted this interlocutory appeal to address whether an employee may assert a private right of action against her employer under Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-2-107, referred to as the Tennessee Tip Statute, for the employer's failure to properly pay tips, gratuities, and service charges.…