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Update: On December 20, 2016, Harris withdrew his not guilty plea. The court entered a plea of guilty to involuntary manslaughter and sentenced Harris to 13 years with credit for time served.
On January 22, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Harris, 2015-Ohio-166. In a unanimous…
On December 18, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Pixley v. Pro-Pak Industries, Inc., 2014-Ohio-5460. There were two issues in this employer intentional tort case–whether the definition of equipment safety guard is limited to protecting only operators of equipment, and whether there is a genuine issue of material…
Update: This case was sent back for resentencing. Read what happened on remand here.
On December 3, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Herring, 2014-Ohio-5228. In a 4-3 opinion written by Justice Paul Pfeifer, the court granted Herring’s petition for post-conviction relief in this death penalty…
On November 13, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Johnson, 2014-Ohio-5021. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Terrence O’Donnell, in which Justices Paul Pfeifer and Judy Lanzinger concurred in judgment only, the court held that the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule precluded suppression of…
On November 4, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Hoffman, 2014-Ohio-4795. In a 6-1 opinion written by Justice Judy Lanzinger, in which Justice Terrence O’Donnell wrote a short separate concurrence and Justice Paul Pfeifer dissented, the court held that the arrest warrants in this case were…
Update: Read what happened on remand here
On October 28, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State ex rel. Yeaples v. Gall, 2014-Ohio-4724. In a 6-1 opinion written by Chief Justice O’Connor, in which Justice Pfeifer concurred in judgment only and Justice O’Neill dissented, the court resolved…
On October 21, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Friebel v. Visiting Nurse Assn. of Mid-Ohio, 2014-Ohio-4531. In a 5-2 decision written by Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, in which Justice Terrence O’Donnell concurred in judgment only, the court held that the dual purpose or dual intent doctrine (the…
On October 14, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Schill v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 2014-Ohio-4527. At issue in the case was the availability of umbrella coverage from an insurance policy in a wrongful death case. The answer turned on the definition of domicile in the policy. In a…
On October 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Bank of Am., N.A. v. Kuchta, 2014-Ohio-4275. In a 5-2 opinion written by Chief Justice O’Connor, for herself and Justices Lanzinger, O’Donnell, French, and Kennedy, the court answered the following certified conflict question in the negative:
“When a defendant…
