Update: On June 22, 2017, the parties gave notice that this case has been settled. Combs received $70,000.

On April 19, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Combs v. Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources, Div. of Parks & Recreation, 2016-Ohio-1565. In a splintered 4-3 opinion written by

On March 23, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Griffith v. Aultman Hosp, 2016-Ohio-1138. In a 5-2 opinion written by Justice Kennedy, the court held that a patient’s medical record is not limited to data in the medical-records department, but rather includes all data the health care provider

On March 23, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Griffith v. Aultman Hosp, 2016-Ohio-1138. In a 5-2 opinion written by Justice Kennedy, the court held that a patient’s medical record is not limited to data in the medical-records department, but rather includes all data the health care provider

On March 16, 2016 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Broom, 2016-Ohio-1028. In a 4-3 opinion written by Justice Lanzinger, the court held that a second attempt to execute Romell Broom, after the first attempt at lethal injection failed, was neither cruel and usual punishment nor a

On March 16, 2016 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Broom, 2016-Ohio-1028. In a 4-3 opinion written by Justice Lanzinger, the court held that a second attempt to execute Romell Broom, after the first attempt at lethal injection failed, was neither cruel and usual punishment nor a

Update: A stipulation of dismissal was filed by plaintiff’s counsel on March 15, 2017. The case was settled without any further hearing in the trial court. 

On March 15, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Whetstone v. Binner2016-Ohio-1006. In a 4-3 opinion written by Chief Justice

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.

On February 18, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Health v. Lipson O’Shea Legal Group,  2016-Ohio-556. In a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Pfeifer, the court held that the public records request made by the law firm was too broad, because it could lead

On February 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in In re Messer, 2016-Ohio-510. This case involved the following two questions certified from bankruptcy court:

  1. whether R.C. 1301.401 applies to all recorded mortgages in Ohio, and
  2. whether R.C. 1301.401 acts to provide constructive notice to the world of a

On January 20, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Leak, 2016-Ohio-154. In a 4-3 decision written by Justice O’Neill, joined in full by Justices Lanzinger and Kennedy, in which Justice French concurred in judgment only, the court held that a warrantless inventory search of a