“Taken together, these three considerations—the banks having lost something in which they had a property interest at the moment of the crime, the banks bearing the economic loss by operation of statute, and the banks having been the targets of Allen’s crimes—establish that the banks are victims under any common-sense understanding of that term.”

Justice

“Because Soto entered his guilty plea prior to the empaneling of a jury or the taking of evidence, jeopardy attached—but only as to the child-endangering charge to which he pleaded guilty and not as to the dismissed involuntary-manslaughter charge.”

Justice DeWine, Majority opinion

“Under the majority’s conclusion, no plea bargain is necessarily conclusive and any

“We reject the contention that authority to provide for the comfort and general welfare of employees is limited to regulating the workplace environment or workplace conditions and hazards.”

Justice Kennedy, lead opinion

“In continuing to expand the scope of Section 34 in ways never countenanced by the people of 1912, this court is well on

“We reject the contention that authority to provide for the comfort and general welfare of employees is limited to regulating the workplace environment or workplace conditions and hazards.”

Justice Kennedy, lead opinion

“In continuing to expand the scope of Section 34 in ways never countenanced by the people of 1912, this court is well on

“Upon review, we hold that there is insufficient evidence of causation as a matter of law to support the claims of negligence and negligent entrustment against Giant Eagle.”

Justice Stewart, opinion of the court

On September 19, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in   Rieger v. Giant Eagle, Inc., 2019-Ohio-3745.

“We hold that R.C. 1308.16(A) does not operate to allow the automatic assignment of rights upon a transfer of title; it sets forth only the shelter rule of securities—the transferee takes all rights in the thing transferred that the transferor had the power to give.”

Justice Stewart, opinion of the court.

On August 22, 2019,

“We hold that R.C. 1308.16(A) does not operate to allow the automatic assignment of rights upon a transfer of title; it sets forth only the shelter rule of securities—the transferee takes all rights in the thing transferred that the transferor had the power to give.”

Justice Stewart, opinion of the court.

On August 22, 2019,

“We nevertheless conclude that R.C. 124.27(B) and Ohio’s civil- service scheme as a whole do not express a clear public policy that would support recognizing a wrongful-discharge tort for probationary employees. The General Assembly has spoken clearly: probationary employees do not enjoy the same rights and protections afforded to tenured civil servants.”

Justice French, opinion

“We nevertheless conclude that R.C. 124.27(B) and Ohio’s civil- service scheme as a whole do not express a clear public policy that would support recognizing a wrongful-discharge tort for probationary employees. The General Assembly has spoken clearly: probationary employees do not enjoy the same rights and protections afforded to tenured civil servants.”

Justice French, opinion

Update: After the merit decision was released in New Riegel Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. Buehrer Group Architecture & Eng., Inc.,2019-Ohio-2851., New Riegel sought reconsideration on the ground that when the case was remanded, as ordered by the Supreme Court of Ohio, it be sent to the trial court