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Case Background
Demetrius Jackson was arrested for raping 14-year-old C.H. While Jackson was in the county jail, he was interviewed by a Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services social worker, who did not give Jackson the Miranda warnings. Jackson told the social worker that he had had consensual oral sex with C.H., and…
Update: On June 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Your argument is if the police pay an informant, they control him. Isn’t the parallel if the state pays an employee they control him, also?”
Justice Fischer, to the Assistant Prosecutor
On February…
“It is impossible to reconcile a statutory scheme that requires an individualized finding of substantial causation for each defendant with a theory that says every defendant that contributed to the overall exposure is a substantial cause.”
Justice DeWine, Majority Opinion
On February 8, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in…
Update: On September 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Turner v. CertainTeed Corp., Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-3869. In an opinion written by Justice Fischer, joined in full only by Justices French and DeGenaro, the court set forth the requirements in an asbestos case for a plaintiff who…
Update: On September 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Turner v. CertainTeed Corp., Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-3869. In an opinion written by Justice Fischer, joined in full only by Justices French and DeGenaro, the court set forth the requirements in an asbestos case for a plaintiff who…
Update: On May 8, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“…so why didn’t you file a motion to compel or some sort of activity to bring it to the court’s attention that they were not cooperating with discovery the way they should…?”
Chief…
Update: On May 8, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“…so why didn’t you file a motion to compel or some sort of activity to bring it to the court’s attention that they were not cooperating with discovery the way they should…?”
Chief…
Update: On February 8, 2018, 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 October 17, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case Mark Schwartz, Individually and as the Executor of the…
“The trooper’s questioning of Oles in the front seat of the patrol car did not rise to the level of a custodial interrogation requiring Miranda warnings.”
Chief Justice O’Connor, from majority opinion
“Every police vehicle is now a police station on wheels. Being directed to have a seat in a police vehicle is akin to…
