Update: On April 18, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.  

“Does it matter that in Ohio if the jury had not recommended death, the trial court would have no authority to impose death?”

Justice French, to defense counsel

On January 23, 2018, the

Update: On April 18, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.  

“Does it matter that in Ohio if the jury had not recommended death, the trial court would have no authority to impose death?”

Justice French, to defense counsel

On January 23, 2018, the

Update: On February 12, 2018, at a special meeting, the Board of Trustees of ProMedica Toledo Hospital authorized ProMedica to enter into a written transfer agreement with Capital Care Network.

On February 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Capital Care Network of Toledo v. Dept. of Health,  2018-Ohio-440

Update: On February 12, 2018, at a special meeting, the Board of Trustees of ProMedica Toledo Hospital authorized ProMedica to enter into a written transfer agreement with Capital Care Network.

On February 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Capital Care Network of Toledo v. Dept. of Health,  2018-Ohio-440

On January 31, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio released a merit decision in LGR Realty, Inc. v. Frank & London Ins. Agency,2018-Ohio-334. (According to the Reporter’s Note, the case was actually decided on January 16, 2018, while Justice O’Neill was still on the Court, but released on January 31, 2018, after

Update: On June 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.  

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On February 13, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. Demetrius Jackson, 2017-0145. At issue in

The Supreme Court of Ohio released two decisions today, February 6, 2018, ruling against two separate abortion clinics, one for lack of standing, the other for failing to follow a rule requiring a written hospital transfer agreement. The blog will analyze both merit decisions, but for now, as a heads-up, here are brief quotations from

Update: On September 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Turner v. CertainTeed Corp., Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-3869. In an opinion written by Justice Fischer, joined in full only by Justices French and DeGenaro, the court set forth the requirements in an asbestos case for a plaintiff who

Update: On September 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Turner v. CertainTeed Corp., Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-3869. In an opinion written by Justice Fischer, joined in full only by Justices French and DeGenaro, the court set forth the requirements in an asbestos case for a plaintiff who

Update: On May 8, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“…so why didn’t you file a motion to compel or some sort of activity to bring it to the court’s attention that they were not cooperating with discovery the way they should…?”

Chief