Court Rulings

Race discrimination, gender discrimination, R.C. 4112. Civ.R. 53, employment discrimination, reverse discrimination, gender, race. Plaintiff, a white male, brought claims for race and gender discrimination in violation of R.C. 4112. The case proceeded to trial before a magistrate. The magistrate recommended judgment in favor of defendant after finding that plaintiff failed to prove his claims for race and age discrimination by a preponderance of the evidence. Plaintiff filed two objections: (1) that the magistrate erred in concluding that plaintiff was not comparable to a black female employee, Bailey-Harris, who was treated more favorably than he was and (2) that the magistrate erred in concluding that plaintiff's termination was pretextual for unlawful discrimination. Regarding the first objection, the court determined that the magistrate did not err in concluding that Bailey-Harris was not comparable to plaintiff since plaintiff held a different position, had different job duties, had more experience, and was paid considerably more than Bailey-Harris. Regarding the second objection, the court found that the magistrate did not err in concluding that plaintiff's supervisor would have made the same decision to terminate plaintiff absent any impermissible bias against him because there was sufficient evidence revealing that plaintiff's supervisor had taken issue with plaintiff's performance and determined that he was not right for the position. Both of plaintiff's objections were overruled, and judgment was rendered in favor of defendant.

This case involves a challenge to a decision to non-renew the employment of a non-tenured teacher. The plaintiff brought suit challenging her non-renewal on the basis that she did not receive six required observations per school year. In her complaint, the plaintiff challenged the non-renewal decision itself, stating it was procedurally flawed, and alleged the director improperly delegated the decision. After the plaintiff presented her proof at trial, the defendants moved for an involuntary dismissal. The trial court granted the motion, and the plaintiff appealed. We affirm the trial court's decision to dismiss the case and remand.

A jury convicted the Defendant, Jeremy Ward, of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, employment of a firearm during the commission of or attempt to commit aggravated burglary, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. On appeal, the Defendant asserts that the evidence regarding identity was insufficient to support the conclusion that he was the culprit, that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the victim's show-up identification, and that the trial court erred in denying relief when the State produced discovery mid-trial. After a thorough review of the record, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

Father appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to set aside a default judgment. Discerning no abuse of discretion in the trial court's decision, we affirm and remand for a determination of Mother's fees incurred in this appeal.