Update: On May 8, 2014, 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 November 20, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Theresa Hayward v. Summa Health System/Akron City Hospital, et. al.,

Update: On January 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument in this case here.

On November 20, 2013 the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Cromer v. Children’s Hospital Medical

Update: On January 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument in this case here.

On November 20, 2013 the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Cromer v. Children’s Hospital Medical

On May 28, 2014, 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 November 19, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of City of Cleveland v. Erin McCardle and Leatrice Tolls

Update: On October 14, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On November 6, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Peggy Spaeth, et. al. v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company, 2012-1866. The issue is how to

Update: On July 17, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis of that decision here.

On November 5, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Transtar Electric, Inc. v. A.E.M. Electric Services Corp., 2013-0148.  At issue in this

Update:  Read a more thorough analysis of this merit decision here.

On November 5, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Cullen v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., 2013-Ohio-4733. In this 5-2 decision written by Justice O’Donnell, in which Judge Matthew McFarland sat for Justice French and joined

Further Update: on  June 18, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Supreme Court of Ohio in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Update: On October 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert. in this case, now captioned Ohio v. Clark. 13-1352.

On October 30, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a

This post is meant as a companion piece to better understand the merit decision in State v. Clark, posted here.

Federal Precedent

In 2004, in Crawford v. Washington, a landmark opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court authored by Justice Scalia, the Court held that to meet the requirements of the Confrontation Clause, certain kinds