Supreme Court of Ohio Decisions 2024
Date: November 27, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5565
Docket Number: 2023-0372
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Claudia Kennedy, as the executor of Donald R. Gerres's estate, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Western Reserve Senior Care and Dr. Sataya Acharya, among others, alleging that substandard medical…
Date: November 27, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5566
Docket Number: 2023-1512
Date: November 27, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5567
Docket Number: 2024-0333
Date: November 27, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5570
Docket Number: 2024-1099
Date: November 27, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5571
Docket Number: 2024-1109
Date: November 26, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5519
Docket Number: 2023-0493
Date: November 26, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5518
Docket Number: 2023-1258
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Patricia A. Heilman, the surviving spouse of Arthur J. Heilman, who died from an industrial accident. Patricia Heilman sought scheduled-loss compensation under Ohio law, claiming her husband had lost…
Date: November 26, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5492
Docket Number: 2023-1354
Date: November 26, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5491
Docket Number: 2024-0491
Date: November 22, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5460
Docket Number: 2023-0610
Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Obetz initiated a mandamus and prohibition action against Franklin County Auditor Michael Stinziano and Franklin County Treasurer Cheryl Brooks Sullivan. The dispute arose from a tax-increment-financing (TIF)…
Date: November 21, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5449
Docket Number: 2023-0580
Justia Opinion Summary: Christopher R. Hicks submitted a public-records request to the Union Township, Clermont County Board of Trustees, seeking email- and mail-distribution lists for the township's newsletter. The township denied the request,…
Date: November 21, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5450
Docket Number: 2024-0123
Date: November 20, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5432
Docket Number: 2023-0216
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute between Ohio Edison Company and the Corder family over the use of herbicides on property subject to easements held by Ohio Edison. The easements, granted in 1948, allow Ohio Edison to maintain…
Date: November 20, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5433
Docket Number: 2024-1102
Date: November 19, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5442
Docket Number: 1996-2787
Date: November 19, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5443
Docket Number: 1997-2646
Date: November 19, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5444
Docket Number: 2013-1246
Date: November 19, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5393
Docket Number: 2022-0934
Date: November 8, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5293
Docket Number: 2023-0637
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the termination of a police chief, Erica Barga, by the Village Council of St. Paris. Barga was placed on administrative leave by the mayor, who filed charges against her for insubordination and neglect…
Date: November 7, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5278
Docket Number: 2024-1108
Date: November 6, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5231
Docket Number: 2024-0795
Date: November 5, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5242
Docket Number: 2023-1084
Date: November 5, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5232
Docket Number: 2024-1098
Date: November 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5195
Docket Number: 2023-0654
Justia Opinion Summary: Tommy Glover committed a series of armed robberies and kidnappings in May and June 2020, resulting in his convictions for 11 first-degree felonies and six gun specifications. Glover's crimes involved holding victims at…
Date: November 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5196
Docket Number: 2024-0489
Date: November 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5197
Docket Number: 2024-0848
Date: November 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5198
Docket Number: 2024-1106
Date: October 31, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5174
Docket Number: 2023-1332
Date: October 31, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5205
Docket Number: 2024-0173
Date: October 30, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5154
Docket Number: 2023-1582
Date: October 30, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5166
Docket Number: 2024-0161
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a group of relators seeking to place a proposed constitutional amendment titled "Ohio Voters Bill of Rights" before Ohio voters. The relators submitted the text and a summary of their proposed amendment…
Date: October 30, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5165
Docket Number: 2024-0492
Date: October 29, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5118
Docket Number: 2023-1095
Date: October 29, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5125
Docket Number: 2023-1573
Date: October 29, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5126
Docket Number: 2024-0115
Date: October 29, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5127
Docket Number: 2024-1105
Date: October 25, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5088
Docket Number: 2023-1024
Justia Opinion Summary: Two men opened fire at a party, killing one person and wounding eight others. James Echols was identified as one of the shooters. While in jail awaiting trial, Echols allegedly threatened the State’s principal witness…
Date: October 24, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5063
Docket Number: 2023-1457
Date: October 23, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5038
Docket Number: 2023-1182
Justia Opinion Summary: A man named Alonzo Kyles was indicted for animal cruelty after police found a cat soaked in bleach in an apartment building's basement stairwell. Kyles admitted to pouring bleach to scare the cat away because he was…
Date: October 23, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5037
Docket Number: 2023-1497
Date: October 22, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5029
Docket Number: 2022-1457
Justia Opinion Summary: A juvenile court judge in Hamilton County, Ohio, presided over the trial of a thirteen-year-old accused of felonious assault. The judge found the juvenile not delinquent and sealed the case record under Ohio Revised Code…
Date: October 21, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5035
Docket Number: 2023-0179
Date: October 18, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4989
Docket Number: 2022-1404
Justia Opinion Summary: A property developer settled claims with the U.S. Department of Justice for alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and sought to assert a state-law claim for contribution against other companies involved in…
Date: October 18, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-5015
Docket Number: 2024-1401
Date: October 17, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4969
Docket Number: 2023-1218
Date: October 17, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4970
Docket Number: 2024-0205
Date: October 17, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4975
Docket Number: 2024-1107
Date: October 16, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4939
Docket Number: 2024-1101
Date: October 16, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4940
Docket Number: 2024-1103
Date: October 16, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4990
Docket Number: 2024-1313
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a group of relators seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the Lorain County Board of Elections to place a zoning-amendment referendum on the November 5, 2024, general-election ballot. The relators had…
Date: October 15, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4931
Docket Number: 2023-0964
Date: October 15, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4928
Docket Number: 2023-1418
Date: October 15, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4929
Docket Number: 2023-1624
Date: October 15, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4953
Docket Number: 2024-1361
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the Ohio Democratic Party and two voters, Norman Wernet and Eric Duffy, who filed a mandamus action against Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose. They sought to compel LaRose to rescind Directive…
Date: October 11, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4889
Docket Number: 2023-1549
Date: October 11, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4891
Docket Number: 2024-0040
Date: October 11, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4933
Docket Number: 2024-1372
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the relator, Marcell Strbich, sought a writ of mandamus against the Montgomery County Board of Elections and its members. Strbich claimed that the board failed to provide proper training to precinct…
Date: October 10, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4866
Docket Number: 2023-0621
Justia Opinion Summary: Plain-clothes detectives from the Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force observed Terrance Cunningham, a known suspected drug trafficker, driving a minivan. They relayed this information to Detective Benjamin Martens,…
Date: October 10, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4867
Docket Number: 2024-0573
Date: October 9, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4821
Docket Number: 2022-1227
Justia Opinion Summary: A police officer stopped a car because the car’s owner had a suspended driver’s license. Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer realized the driver was not the owner but asked the driver for his license anyway. The…
Date: October 9, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4822
Docket Number: 2023-0069
Date: October 8, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4782
Docket Number: 2023-0786
Justia Opinion Summary: Mark Gasper was indicted on seven counts of rape under Ohio law, specifically for engaging in sexual conduct with a person whose ability to resist or consent was substantially impaired due to a mental or physical…
Date: October 3, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4747
Docket Number: 2023-0649
Justia Opinion Summary: Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. applied to the Ohio Power Siting Board for approval to construct a 3.7-mile natural-gas-distribution pipeline in Maumee, Ohio. The application was submitted under an accelerated review process…
Date: October 3, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4748
Docket Number: 2024-0220
Date: October 2, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4741
Docket Number: 2023-1536
Date: October 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4714
Docket Number: 2023-0945
Justia Opinion Summary: In November 1991, a ten-year-old child was kidnapped from her home in Harrison, Ohio, and her body was found days later in Bright, Indiana. Jeffrey Wogenstahl was convicted in 1993 of kidnapping and murdering the child…
Date: October 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4715
Docket Number: 2023-1414
Date: September 26, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4640
Docket Number: 2023-0733
Justia Opinion Summary: A group of landowners challenged the Ohio Tax Commissioner’s decision to set a woodland-clearing-cost rate of $1,000 per acre for the purpose of calculating the current agricultural use valuation (CAUV) of their…
Date: September 25, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4616
Docket Number: 2023-0839
Justia Opinion Summary: The appellant, Mario D. Mays, was charged with multiple offenses, including violating a protection order under Ohio Revised Code (R.C.) 2919.27(A) and (B), a fifth-degree felony. The trial evidence showed that Mays had a…
Date: September 25, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4619
Docket Number: 2023-1105
Date: September 25, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4669
Docket Number: 2024-1244
Date: September 24, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4608
Docket Number: 2023-0188
Date: September 19, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4588
Docket Number: 2024-1248
Justia Opinion Summary: Imposters, Ltd., a performing-arts theater in Cleveland, sought to place a local liquor option on the November 5, 2024, general-election ballot. The theater holds D-1 and D-2 permits allowing the sale of beer and mixed…
Date: September 17, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4502
Docket Number: 2023-0708
Date: September 16, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-4547
Docket Number: 2024-1200
Justia Opinion Summary: A proposed constitutional amendment in Ohio seeks to repeal Articles XI and XIX of the Ohio Constitution and add Article XX, changing the standards and procedures for drawing electoral districts. The amendment would…
Date: September 11, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3430
Docket Number: 2024-0096
Date: September 9, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3437
Docket Number: 2024-0408
Date: September 9, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3438
Docket Number: 2024-1181
Date: September 6, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3339
Docket Number: 2023-0294
Justia Opinion Summary: In January 2020, Sontez Sheckles was indicted in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court for attempted murder, felonious assault, and having a weapon while under a disability, stemming from an alleged shooting at a bar. The…
Date: September 6, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3439
Docket Number: 2024-1174
Justia Opinion Summary: Shawn Valentine sought a writ of mandamus to compel the Lucas County Board of Elections to place a zoning referendum on the November 5, 2024, general-election ballot. The referendum concerned a zoning amendment approved…
Date: September 5, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3338
Docket Number: 2023-1076
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a medical negligence claim brought by Janet Hild, the administrator of Scott Boldman's estate, against several medical professionals and entities, including Samaritan Health Partners and Good Samaritan…
Date: September 4, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3323
Docket Number: 2023-0964
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Dean and Dave Cook filed a complaint with the Union County Board of Revision in February 2022, seeking an increase in the property valuation of an apartment complex owned by The Residence at Cooks Pointe,…
Date: September 4, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3324
Docket Number: 2023-1130
Date: September 4, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3396
Docket Number: 2024-1041
Justia Opinion Summary: The relator, Justin Tjaden, sought a writ of mandamus to have his name placed on the November 5, 2024, general-election ballot as an independent candidate for the office of state representative of Ohio House District 99.…
Date: September 3, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3316
Docket Number: 2023-0190
Justia Opinion Summary: Vanessa Wells, a parent in the Lakota Local Schools district, filed a public records request seeking legal documentation related to the district's superintendent, Matt Miller, from the law firm of Elizabeth Tuck. Wells…
Date: September 3, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3315
Docket Number: 2023-0501
Justia Opinion Summary: Alphonso Mobley Jr. requested public records from the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office, specifically certified statements created under former R.C. 309.16 for 2016 through 2020 and the office’s records-retention…
Date: August 29, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3250
Docket Number: 2023-1503
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1976, Prince Charles Cotten Sr. was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to death. The conviction included specifications for killing a police officer while attempting to escape apprehension. Following the…
Date: August 28, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3225
Docket Number: 2023-1649
Justia Opinion Summary: Ronald Goldschmidt appealed the dismissal of his prohibition claim against Judge Alan Triggs and Magistrate Thomas Beridon of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas. Goldschmidt argued that Magistrate Beridon exceeded…
Date: August 27, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3224
Docket Number: 2024-0098
Justia Opinion Summary: Moraine Wind, L.L.C. and other out-of-state wind farms applied to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) for certification as eligible Ohio renewable-energy-resource-generating facilities. Carbon Solutions Group,…
Date: August 23, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3173
Docket Number: 2024-0493
Date: August 22, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3159
Docket Number: 2023-0975
Justia Opinion Summary: The administrator of a deceased woman’s estate filed a complaint alleging medical malpractice and wrongful death against a doctor, the doctor’s employer, a hospital, and Medicare. The doctor and his employer included the…
Date: August 22, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3158
Docket Number: 2023-1561
Date: August 21, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3141
Docket Number: 2024-0488
Date: August 20, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3130
Docket Number: 2023-0354
Justia Opinion Summary: A pipeline running through 13 Ohio counties was valued by the Ohio Tax Commissioner at $1,620,358,699 for tax year 2019. The pipeline's owner, Nexus Gas Transmission, L.L.C., appealed this valuation to the Board of Tax…
Date: August 20, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-3131
Docket Number: 2023-1354
Date: August 8, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2931
Docket Numbers: 2022-0837, 2022-1042
Justia Opinion Summary: Christopher Hildebrant, a real-estate developer, facilitated a property sale in 2011 and expected consulting fees from both the seller and the buyer. During the transaction, Hildebrant alleged that Thomas Weidman, a…
Date: August 7, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2898
Docket Numbers: 2022-1419, 2023-0126
Justia Opinion Summary: A public children-services agency determined that an allegation of child abuse against Kelly D. Kyser was substantiated. Kyser challenged this finding through the agency’s administrative-review process, but her appeal…
Date: August 6, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2889
Docket Number: 2023-0559
Justia Opinion Summary: Jeffrey Harmon and David Beasley, longtime employees of the City of Cincinnati and members of a city-employees union, were placed on leave under a Temporary Emergency Leave (TEL) program implemented in April 2020 in…
Date: August 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2890
Docket Number: 2023-0464
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the Ohio Power Company’s application for an increase in electric distribution rates. The key issue is whether the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) allowed Ohio Power to recover costs for…
Date: July 31, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2844
Docket Number: 2023-0376
Justia Opinion Summary: Shawn Jones, a teacher employed under a limited contract by the Kent City School District Board of Education, faced nonrenewal of his contract. The board was required by Ohio law (R.C. 3319.111(E)) to conduct three…
Date: July 25, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2786
Docket Number: 2023-0270
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a public-records request submitted by David Armiak and the Center for Media and Democracy to the Ohio Attorney General. The request sought documents related to the Republican Attorneys General…
Date: July 25, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2787
Docket Number: 2023-0293
Justia Opinion Summary: Michael Berkheimer experienced severe medical issues after a chicken bone became lodged in his throat while eating a "boneless wing" at a restaurant. He sued the restaurant, its food supplier, and a chicken farm,…
Date: July 25, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2719
Docket Number: 2023-0572
Justia Opinion Summary: Michael Jones was convicted by a jury of ten drug-trafficking and drug-possession charges. Before the trial, Jones filed a motion to suppress evidence seized from a safe in a house, arguing that the consent to search was…
Date: July 25, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2788
Docket Number: 2024-0171
Date: July 25, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2789
Docket Number: 2024-0487
Date: July 24, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2783
Docket Number: 2022-0879
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a car accident in April 2017 between Ryan McCullough and Joseph Bennett, where McCullough alleged Bennett was at fault. McCullough initially filed a lawsuit on January 15, 2018, but it was dismissed…
Date: July 24, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2777
Docket Number: 2023-1386
Date: July 24, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2778
Docket Number: 2023-1465
Date: July 24, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2779
Docket Number: 2024-0028
Date: July 23, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2737
Docket Number: 2023-0514
Justia Opinion Summary: A mother, K.G., gave birth to twins in September 2020. Due to concerns about her mental health and ability to care for the children, Muskingum County Adult and Child Protective Services (the agency) took emergency…
Date: July 23, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2748
Docket Number: 2023-1201
Justia Opinion Summary: John H. Mack Jr., serving a life sentence for aggravated murder, filed a mandamus action to compel the Richland County Sheriff’s Office to produce records responsive to his public-records request. Mack also sought…
Date: July 23, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2747
Docket Number: 2023-1271
Justia Opinion Summary: An inmate at the Marion Correctional Institution, Willard McCarley, submitted a statement alleging sexual assault by a prison doctor. The institutional investigator found the allegation to be false and issued a conduct…
Date: July 23, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2746
Docket Number: 2023-1343
Justia Opinion Summary: Kimani E. Ware, currently incarcerated, filed a complaint for a writ of mandamus in the Fifth District Court of Appeals, seeking to compel the Stark County Prosecuting Attorney to produce records in response to a…
Date: July 18, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2691
Docket Number: 2023-1059
Justia Opinion Summary: The Stark County Board of Elections considered and voted to purchase Dominion Voting Systems equipment during four meetings. These discussions and decisions occurred in executive sessions, which are closed to the public.…
Date: July 18, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2693
Docket Number: 2023-1152
Justia Opinion Summary: Damien L. Peterson was convicted of multiple felonies in November 2019, stemming from four armed robberies in Cleveland. He was arrested by Shaker Heights Police in April 2019 and charged with aggravated robbery. His…
Date: July 18, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2694
Docket Number: 2023-1170
Justia Opinion Summary: The relator, Jumaane Scott, filed an action requesting a writ of mandamus to compel the Toledo Correctional Institution (TCI) to produce public records. Scott claimed that between April and July 2023, he made four…
Date: July 18, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2703
Docket Number: 2024-0731
Date: July 17, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2688
Docket Number: 2023-0244
Justia Opinion Summary: In April 2012, Arnold Black was arrested during a traffic stop by East Cleveland police officers without any legitimate reason. Detective Randy Hicks violently assaulted Black and detained him in a storage room for four…
Date: July 17, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2686
Docket Number: 2023-0699
Justia Opinion Summary: Brian M. Ames sought a writ of mandamus to compel the Three Rivers Local School District Records Commission to produce records in response to his public-records request. Ames requested meeting notification rules, meeting…
Date: July 17, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2682
Docket Number: 2023-0829
Justia Opinion Summary: Marc D. Curtis, an inmate at the North Central Correctional Complex, requested records from the Cleveland Municipal Court Clerk, Earle B. Turner, related to his criminal case. Curtis sought documents including arrest…
Date: July 16, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2651
Docket Number: 2022-0724
Justia Opinion Summary: A labor dispute arose between the City of Cleveland and the Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (the union representing dispatch supervisors) over overtime scheduling. The dispute was submitted to arbitration, where…
Date: July 16, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2663
Docket Number: 2023-0101
Justia Opinion Summary: Kimani E. Ware filed a mandamus action under Ohio’s Public Records Act, seeking an order compelling John Pierce to produce certain public records and requesting statutory damages. Pierce is employed by Aramark…
Date: July 16, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2652
Docket Number: 2023-0480
Justia Opinion Summary: Elvin Maldonado was convicted in 2019 of multiple counts of felonious assault and discharging a firearm, with accompanying firearm specifications, and was sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to register as a…
Date: June 28, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2491
Docket Number: 2024-0675
Date: June 18, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2315
Docket Number: 2023-0741
Date: June 12, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2230
Docket Number: 2024-0405
Date: June 4, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2102
Docket Number: 2023-1293
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a public-records request dispute between Kimani Ware and Glenn Booth, the public-information officer at the Trumbull Correctional Institution. Ware alleges that he personally handed over a…
Date: May 31, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-2086
Docket Number: 2023-0473
Date: May 24, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1960
Docket Number: 2023-0833
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves East Ohio Gas Company, doing business as Dominion Energy Ohio ("Dominion"), and J. William Vigrass, individually and as executor of Virginia Vigrass’s estate. Dominion had requested access to Virginia's…
Date: May 23, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1945
Docket Number: 2023-0411
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves a dispute over a lease agreement between Tera, L.L.C., and Rice Drilling D, L.L.C., and Gulfport Energy Corporation. The lease granted Rice Drilling and Gulfport Energy certain mineral rights in the…
Date: May 23, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1946
Docket Number: 2024-0173
Date: May 22, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1921
Docket Number: 2023-1172
Justia Opinion Summary: Andre M. Yeager, an inmate at the Richland Correctional Institution, represented himself in a trial where he was found guilty of grand theft, breaking and entering, and vandalism. He was sentenced to an aggregate prison…
Date: May 21, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1909
Docket Number: 2023-0834
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Alphonso Mobley Jr., who filed a writ of mandamus against Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, seeking a certified copy of a document in response to a public-records request. Mobley also sought…
Date: May 16, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1861
Docket Number: 2023-0791
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around James E. Mitchell, an inmate serving a 160-year prison sentence for a 1994 conviction in Summit County, which is to be served consecutively to a 3- to 15-year prison sentence imposed for a June…
Date: May 15, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1833
Docket Number: 2022-0560
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute over child support between Deborah Belleville and David Ayers, who were married in 2006 and had three children. In July 2019, Belleville filed for divorce. At the time, both parties were…
Date: May 9, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1752
Docket Number: 2022-1069
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Damon L. Taylor, who was charged with felony murder in the adult court after the juvenile court found probable cause to believe that Taylor was complicit in a murder. The adult court convicted Taylor of…
Date: May 8, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1718
Docket Number: 2023-1264
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Fadi Salem, who was convicted of third-degree-misdemeanor sexual imposition in February 2021. As per Ohio law, this conviction classified him as a Tier I sex offender, requiring him to register…
Date: May 8, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1719
Docket Number: 2023-1340
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around the appellant, Jeffery Woods, who filed a legal malpractice lawsuit in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas. The defendant in the lawsuit filed a motion to dismiss the suit. Woods then…
Date: May 7, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1702
Docket Number: 2023-0979
Date: May 7, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1703
Docket Number: 2023-1140
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Deonta Boyd, an inmate at the Richland Correctional Institution, who pleaded guilty in 2006 to aggravated murder with a firearm specification, felonious assault, and aggravated burglary. The…
Date: May 2, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1656
Docket Number: 2023-0763
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a workers' compensation claim filed by Billy J. Ottinger, who suffered a severe injury while working for B&B Wrecking & Excavating, Inc. Ottinger fell from a roof and landed on his legs,…
Date: May 2, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1657
Docket Number: 2024-0169
Date: May 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1625
Docket Number: 2023-0809
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a dispute over workers' compensation. The appellant, Brian Caldwell, was injured while working for the appellee, Whirlpool Corporation. After a successful initial workers’ compensation claim,…
Date: May 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1624
Docket Number: 2023-1111
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Derrick Martre, who was arrested in May 2017 for domestic abuse and possession of sexually explicit images of children on his cellphone. The arrest was prompted by a police report filed by…
Date: April 30, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1614
Docket Number: 2023-0714
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves appellant Marcus D. White's appeal against the Tenth District Court of Appeals’ judgment dismissing his complaint for a writ of mandamus or procedendo against appellee, Franklin County Common Pleas…
Date: April 30, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1615
Docket Number: 2023-1062
Date: April 26, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1623
Docket Number: 2024-0557
Date: April 25, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1540
Docket Number: 2023-1274
Date: April 23, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1501
Docket Number: 2022-1312
Justia Opinion Summary: Vandercar, L.L.C. entered into a $36 million purchase contract for the Millennium Hotel in Cincinnati and then assigned its interest in the hotel to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority. The agreement…
Date: April 18, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1433
Docket Number: 2022-1053
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Timothy Williams, who was 16 years old when he committed the offense in question. Williams rang the doorbell of Everett and Leslie Lawson's home, pretending to have been injured in a car…
Date: April 17, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1399
Docket Number: 2022-1391
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a public-records request made by Randy Ludlow, a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch, to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). Ludlow requested a digital spreadsheet copy of the Electronic Death…
Date: April 17, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1438
Docket Number: 2023-0977
Date: April 16, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1387
Docket Number: 2023-1028
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves S.Y.C., who appealed the judgment of the Eighth District Court of Appeals dismissing her petition for writs of procedendo and mandamus against Judge Alison L. Floyd of the Cuyahoga County Court of…
Date: April 16, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1422
Docket Number: 2024-0408
Date: April 12, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1380
Docket Number: 2023-1400
Date: April 10, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1305
Docket Number: 2023-1212
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a divorce proceeding initiated by Jolene K. Makuch against John Makuch III in the Geauga County Common Pleas Court. Jolene represented herself, stating she could not afford representation. After the…
Date: April 8, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1306
Docket Number: 23-AP-191
Date: April 8, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1308
Docket Number: 24-AP-006
Date: April 4, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1247
Docket Number: 2023-0156
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a criminal defendant's right to confront the witnesses against him under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The defendant, Eli Carter, was found…
Date: April 4, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1462
Docket Number: 24-AP-033
Date: March 28, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1127
Docket Number: 2023-0788
Justia Opinion Summary: The case centers on an appeal by the appellant, Gudonavon J. Taylor, who petitioned for a writ of prohibition against the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas (the trial court). Taylor argued that the trial court had…
Date: March 28, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1128
Docket Number: 2023-0862
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Ohio dealt with an appeal made by an inmate, Albert Townsend Sr., against the Eighth District Court of Appeals' decision denying his complaint for a writ of mandamus. Townsend was previously…
Date: March 27, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1083
Docket Number: 2022-1049
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves James W. Jones, who was sentenced to an aggregate prison term of 60 months for offenses under three separate indictments. These convictions included trafficking marijuana, having weapons while under a…
Date: March 27, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1082
Docket Number: 2023-0743
Date: March 26, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1065
Docket Number: 2023-0230
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Ohio reversed a decision by the Fifth District Court of Appeals concerning the right to a jury trial in a civil case. The case arose from a dispute between the Estate of Tomlinson and Mega Pool…
Date: March 26, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1064
Docket Number: 2023-0268
Date: March 21, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1015
Docket Number: 2023-0090
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the Supreme Court of Ohio, the relator, Kimani Ware, an inmate, sought a writ of mandamus to compel the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (“ODRC”), Trumbull Correctional Institution…
Date: March 21, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1016
Docket Number: 2023-0356
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of Ohio was called upon to interpret the definition of "motor vehicle" as it applied to the crime of aggravated vehicular assault. The defendant, Joshua Fork, was charged with multiple…
Date: March 20, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-995
Docket Number: 2023-0041
Date: March 19, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1014
Docket Number: 2024-0394
Date: March 14, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-902
Docket Number: 2019-1323
Justia Opinion Summary: Thomas E. Knuff Jr. was convicted on two counts of aggravated murder with death specifications for killing John Mann and Regina Capobianco. Knuff was released from prison and arranged to stay with Mann. After his…
Date: March 14, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-900
Docket Number: 2023-0977
Date: March 14, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-897
Docket Number: 2023-1070
Date: March 12, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-852
Docket Number: 2023-0740
Date: March 12, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-853
Docket Number: 2023-0762
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Robert Plaza, a prisoner serving an indeterminate sentence, appealed the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the Ninth District Court of Appeals. Plaza's petition related to the Adult…
Date: March 7, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-776
Docket Number: 2022-1482
Justia Opinion Summary: This case originates from the Supreme Court of Ohio and concerns a defendant, Tyler Wilson, who was charged with attempted murder and felonious assault. The charges stemmed from an altercation at a gas station where…
Date: March 7, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-775
Docket Number: 2023-0393
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of Ohio addressed the issue of the filing deadline for a petition for postconviction relief following a delayed appeal. The defendant was convicted of murder and other crimes, did not file…
Date: March 6, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-764
Docket Number: 2023-0009
Justia Opinion Summary: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ohio State University suspended in-person instruction, transitioned to virtual learning, restricted campus access, and provided limited refunds to students. Brooke Smith, a student…
Date: March 6, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-770
Docket Number: 2023-0387
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves a dispute over a public records request made by the relator, Thomas Clark, an inmate at Lebanon Correctional Institution. Clark sent a request to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction…
Date: March 5, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-749
Docket Number: 2022-1182
Justia Opinion Summary: In a case before the Supreme Court of Ohio, the defendant was accused of setting up a fake car sale, during which he threatened two women with a gun and stole money. The defendant was convicted of robbing both women and…
Date: March 5, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-744
Docket Number: 2023-0152
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a worker's compensation claim by appellant, Loretta Dillon, against the Industrial Commission of Ohio and others. Dillon had received temporary-total-disability (TTD) compensation for a…
Date: February 22, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-604
Docket Number: 2019-1787
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed the defendant's convictions and death sentences for the aggravated murders of two individuals. The court found that the evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of aggravated…
Date: February 22, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-611
Docket Number: 2023-0138
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Ohio denied a writ of mandamus brought by Kimani E. Ware, an inmate at the Trumbull Correctional Institution (TCI), against Lori Beggs, the manager of TCI's cashier’s office, and TCI itself. Ware had…
Date: February 22, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-613
Docket Number: 2023-0176
Justia Opinion Summary: The case in discussion was brought before the Supreme Court of Ohio and involved an inmate, Kimani E. Ware, who filed an original action in mandamus under Ohio’s Public Records Act, R.C. 149.43. Ware sought to compel the…
Date: February 21, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-595
Docket Number: 2022-0359
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of Ohio considered whether a juvenile, T.D.S., knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his Miranda rights before providing statements to the police. The statements related to a…
Date: February 21, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-596
Docket Number: 2023-0113
Date: February 21, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-646
Docket Number: 2024-0155
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Ohio denied a request from Jeryne Peterson, the mayor of Buckeye Lake, for writs of prohibition and mandamus against the Licking County Board of Elections and its members, the Fairfield County Board…
Date: February 20, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-557
Docket Number: 2022-0939
Date: February 20, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-559
Docket Number: 2022-1256
Date: February 16, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-552
Docket Number: 2023-0024
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Ohio upheld the judgments of the Industrial Commission of Ohio and the Tenth District Court of Appeals, denying Laurie M. Walters's request for scheduled-loss compensation under R.C. 4123.57(B) for…
Date: February 16, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-551
Docket Number: 2023-0180
Date: February 15, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-539
Docket Number: 2022-0987
Justia Opinion Summary: In December 2019, a taxicab driver, Phillip Palmer, shot a heavily intoxicated passenger, Nicholas Young, following a dispute over cab fare. The incident escalated into a physical altercation at a gas station, where…
Date: February 15, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-540
Docket Number: 2023-0978
Date: February 14, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-525
Docket Number: 2022-0316
Justia Opinion Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ohio General Assembly passed a temporary law (H.B. 197) stating that for a limited time, Ohio workers would be taxed by the municipality that was their “principal place of work” rather…
Date: February 14, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-526
Docket Number: 2022-1208
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed the decision of the lower court, granting a writ of mandamus to Cassens Corp., a self-insuring employer, against the Industrial Commission of Ohio. The case involved an employee, Luis…
Date: February 13, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-495
Docket Number: 2024-0094
Date: February 2, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-379
Docket Number: 2024-0072
Date: February 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-356
Docket Number: 2024-0078
Date: January 31, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-333
Docket Number: 2024-0090
Date: January 29, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-290
Docket Number: 2024-0052
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case before the Supreme Court of Ohio, Dennis Schreiner petitioned for a writ of prohibition against the Erie County Board of Elections and its members. Schreiner sought to remove Steven Kraus, a candidate for…
Date: January 26, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-273
Docket Number: 2023-0177
Date: January 25, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-221
Docket Number: 2023-0369
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves appellant Soleiman Mobarak, who appealed the judgment of the Tenth District Court of Appeals dismissing his petition for a writ of mandamus against appellee, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge…
Date: January 25, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-222
Docket Number: 2023-0976
Date: January 24, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-200
Docket Number: 2023-0125
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Ohio reversed the decision of the lower court in a case involving AWMS Water Solutions, L.L.C., et al. (AWMS) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). AWMS sought a writ of mandamus to…
Date: January 24, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-201
Docket Number: 2023-0711
Date: January 23, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-182
Docket Number: 2022-0425
Justia Opinion Summary: The Cincinnati Enquirer sought a writ of mandamus to compel Andy Wilson, the director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety, to produce records related to the travel and expenses of Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers…
Date: January 23, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-181
Docket Number: 2023-0663
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves an appeal by an inmate, Keith Walker, against the Third District Court of Appeals' dismissal of his request for a writ of mandamus. Walker had been convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence in 2020,…
Date: January 18, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-134
Docket Number: 2022-0488
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the appellant, Eric Johnson, filed a third, untimely, and successive petition for postconviction relief based on an affidavit from the victim, James Keith, who recanted his identification of Johnson as the…
Date: January 18, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-135
Docket Number: 2023-0611
Date: January 17, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-103
Docket Number: 2022-0824
Justia Opinion Summary: This case pertains to a public records request made by Marcellus Gilreath to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) and its director, Matt Damschroder. Gilreath sought access to specific records related…
Date: January 17, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-104
Docket Number: 2023-0501
Justia Opinion Summary: Alphonso Mobley Jr. filed an original action in mandamus under Ohio’s Public Records Act against Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Melissa A. Powers, seeking records related to former R.C. 309.16 and a…
Date: January 16, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-101
Docket Number: 2022-1286
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves an appeal from the Tenth District Court of Appeals of Ohio. The appellant is the State of Ohio, represented by the Attorney General, and the appellees are FirstEnergy Corporation, Samuel Randazzo, and…
Date: January 12, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-85
Docket Number: 2020-1533
Date: January 12, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-87
Docket Numbers: 2022-1511, 2023-0974
Date: January 12, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-88
Docket Number: 2023-0993
Date: January 12, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-90
Docket Number: 2023-1515
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