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Two cases involving firefighters causing accidents during emergency runs have now been settled.
Anderson v. Massillon
In Anderson v. Massillon, 2012-Ohio-5711, a fire engine pumper truck on the way to a car fire approached an intersection going significantly in excess of the speed limit, and broadsided a van that had entered the intersection,…
Two cases involving firefighters causing accidents during emergency runs have now been settled.
Anderson v. Massillon
In Anderson v. Massillon, 2012-Ohio-5711, a fire engine pumper truck on the way to a car fire approached an intersection going significantly in excess of the speed limit, and broadsided a van that had entered the intersection,…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently rejected a challenge to allow party designations for judges on the general election ballot in Ohio. The case is Ohio Council 8 v. Husted, 16a0034p.06.
Ohio judicial elections have always been weird in that judicial candidates are first selected in partisan primaries, and then have…
On February 24, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Boone Coleman Constr., Inc. v. Piketon, 2016-Ohio-628. In a fractured 6-1 opinion authored by Chief Justice O’Connor, the court upheld a contractual liquidated-damages provision in a public road construction contract. Only Justice O’Neill fully concurred in the court’s opinion.…
Update: On December 7, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Obviously, we’ve got more reading to do, because this appears to be a train wreck of almost Biblical proportions,” Acting Chief Justice Pfeifer, to both counsel at the end of the argument.
On…
On February 18, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Health v. Lipson O’Shea Legal Group, 2016-Ohio-556. In a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Pfeifer, the court held that the public records request made by the law firm was too broad, because it could lead…
On February 19, 2016, the court set October 17, 2019, as the execution date for James P. Frazier, who was convicted of murdering Mary Stevenson in 2004 in the Northgate Apartments in North Toledo where both lived, during a robbery of her apartment. Justice Pfeifer dissented, joined by Justice O’Neill. What Justice Pfeifer wrote is…
On February 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in In re Messer, 2016-Ohio-510. This case involved the following two questions certified from bankruptcy court:
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Update: On December 7, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the argument in this case here.
On February 23, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Lorna B. Ratonel et al v. …
Update: On December 7, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the argument in this case here.
On February 23, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Lorna B. Ratonel et al v. …
