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On July 23, 2015, by a vote of 5-2, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed as improvidently allowed Ohio Bur. of Workers’ Comp. v. McKinley, Slip Opinion No. 2015-Ohio-2927. Justices Kennedy and French dissented. The issue in the case was whether, pursuant to R.C. 4123.931, a settlement in a personal injury action that does…

On July 14, 2015, by a vote of 5-2, the Supreme Court of Ohio sua sponte dismissed as improvidently accepted Kuhn v. Kuhn, 2015-Ohio-2806.  The issue in the case was whether a signing bonus for oil and gas rights associated with a piece of property separately owned by one spouse before the marriage,…

On July 14, 2015, by a vote of 5-2, the Supreme Court of Ohio sua sponte dismissed as improvidently accepted Kuhn v. Kuhn, 2015-Ohio-2806.  The issue in the case was whether a signing bonus for oil and gas rights associated with a piece of property separately owned by one spouse before the marriage,…

Update: After the Supreme Court of Ohio sent this case back for re-sentencing, the trial court again sentenced Long to life without the possibility of parole. The appeals court affirmed this sentence, and on February 17, 2016 the Supreme Court of Ohio declined to hear the case again.  So it looks like it’s over for…

Kenyatta Mickles, my colleague at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, and Director of our Domestic Violence Civil Protection Order Clinic, has authored this guest post on the recent Supreme Court of Ohio decision in State v. Anderson.

Guest Post

Will State v. Anderson Affect Victims Who Want to Obtain a Civil Protection …

Update: On July 23, 2015, the court dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.

“Isn’t this a textbook example of a lawyer for the Bureau just dropping the ball– making a mistake– and now you are in the Supreme Court asking us to fix it?” Justice Pfeifer to the Deputy  Solicitor.

On June 23, 2015, the…

Update: a bill has been introduced in the legislature to allow peace officers in small townships to make arrests on interstate highways.  Read more about that here.

On June 23, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a merit decision in State v. Brown,  2015-Ohio-2438. In a 5-2 opinion written by Justice O’Donnell,…

Update: on August 18, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Steve Granger, et al. v. Auto-Owners Insurance, et al., 2013-1527 was argued June 25, 2014, and still no decision. The issue in the case is an insurer’s duty to defend in a housing…

Update: on August 18, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Steve Granger, et al. v. Auto-Owners Insurance, et al., 2013-1527 was argued June 25, 2014, and still no decision. The issue in the case is an insurer’s duty to defend in a housing…