Update: On July 17, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read an analysis of the oral argument here.

On March 5, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of New Riegel Local School District Board of Education

“Schmitz’s experience of disorientation as to time and place following head impacts establishes that he was, or at least should have been, aware that he had sustained head injuries. But head injuries, including concussions, are an inherent part of football…They do not inherently suggest the existence of actionable wrongdoing.”

Justice French, majority opinion

On October

On September 27, 2018, by a vote of 5-2, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Burd, 2018-Ohio-3891 as improvidently accepted. Sitting for Justice O’Donnell on the case was  Judge Robin N. Piper III of the Twelfth District Court of Appeals. Sitting for Justice DeGenaro was Judge Charles Miller of the

“The plain language of R.C. 1707.43(A) requires a person to have some nexus with the sale of illegal securities. The statute does not extend liability to persons whose only involvement in a transaction is the purchase of illegal securities.”

Justice French, court’s opinion

On August 9, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a

“The plain language of R.C. 1707.43(A) requires a person to have some nexus with the sale of illegal securities. The statute does not extend liability to persons whose only involvement in a transaction is the purchase of illegal securities.”

Justice French, court’s opinion

On August 9, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a

“It violates an adult’s right to due process to treat the adult as an incompetent and to deprive that adult of his or her autonomy without an adjudication that the adult is incompetent and without prior notice and an opportunity to be heard on the issue of his or her competency.”

Justice Fischer, majority opinion

“It violates an adult’s right to due process to treat the adult as an incompetent and to deprive that adult of his or her autonomy without an adjudication that the adult is incompetent and without prior notice and an opportunity to be heard on the issue of his or her competency.”

Justice Fischer, majority opinion

Update: On August 9, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“What was it that the trust did that aided the seller in making the sale?”

Justice O’Donnell, to counsel for the Investors

On May 22, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral

Update: On August 9, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“What was it that the trust did that aided the seller in making the sale?”

Justice O’Donnell, to counsel for the Investors

On May 22, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral

*This guest post was co-authored by Professor Michael Solimine and Kristen Elia. Professor Solimine is the Donald P. Klekamp Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He has written extensively on the topic of standing and civil procedure, and was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief filed on behalf of