Whitespace is like air: it is necessary for design to breathe
Update: On September 19, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Do the carts have warning devices, some type of audible sound that alerts other customers that someone is approaching?”
Justice Donnelly, to Giant Eagle’s lawyer
“What could Giant Eagle have done to prevent…
Update: On September 19, 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 April 24, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Barbara Rieger v. Giant Eagle, Inc., 2018-0883. The issue in the…
On June 16, 2016, in Am. Mun. Power, Inc. v. Bechtel Power Corp. Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-3431, the Supreme Court of Ohio declined, sua sponte, by a vote of 5-2, to answer a certified question from federal court after it had previously agreed to answer it, and had heard oral argument in the case…
Update: On November 9, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio declined jurisdiction in both the appeal and cross appeal in this case.
As I posted here, after the Supreme Court of Ohio reversed and remanded this case to apply the punitive damages cap in R.C. 2315.21(D)(2)(a) to the two million dollar punitive damages judgment, arguing…
Update: On November 9, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio declined jurisdiction in both the appeal and cross appeal in this case.
As I posted here, after the Supreme Court of Ohio reversed and remanded this case to apply the punitive damages cap in R.C. 2315.21(D)(2)(a) to the two million dollar punitive damages judgment, arguing…
Update: On December 28, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Would you say that any criminal act gives rise to civil recovery?” Chief Justice O’Connor, to plaintiff’s counsel.
On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case…
Update: Read more about what happened on remand here.
Case Background
In October of 2007, a building in the Village Green Apartments in Beachwood was destroyed by fire. The apartments were owned by Village Green of Beachwood, L.P., and managed by Forest City Residential Management, Inc. (Collectively, Village Green). There had been another fire in…
Update: On December 28, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Jessica Jacobson v. Ellen Kaforey et al., 2015-1340. The case was accepted on certified conflict…
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 14, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“But Arbino has already gone through the rational basis test and has said this statute is constitutional as to everyone,” Justice O’Donnell, to plaintiffs’ counsel.
On December 15, 2015, the Supreme Court of…
