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Case Background
On August 29, 2002, Christopher Anderson, was charged with murdering Amber Zurcher on June 3, 2002. His first trial resulted in a mistrial. His second trial resulted in a guilty verdict, which was overturned on appeal because of the admission of prejudicial testimony. The state tried Anderson a third time in 2008. This…
Case Background
On August 29, 2002, Christopher Anderson, was charged with murdering Amber Zurcher on June 3, 2002. His first trial resulted in a mistrial. His second trial resulted in a guilty verdict, which was overturned on appeal because of the admission of prejudicial testimony. The state tried Anderson a third time in 2008. This…
Update: On July 5, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio again accepted an appeal of this case, and again remanded it back to the Ninth District. Read more about that here.
There just must be something about this case. It was pending in the Supreme Court of Ohio for over a year before it was…
Date Case was remanded from Supreme Court of Ohio: April 28, 2015
Final Resolution of this case: September 30, 2016
Case Background
David Maistros, law director and prosecutor of Twinsburg in Summit County, charged Nicholas Castagnola with selling alcohol to minors. Two months later, Maistros found his and his wife’s cars had been “egged,” and…
Update: On August 24, 2016, Doss filed a notice of appeal from Judge Villaneuva’s decision.
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On New Year’s Eve 2004, 23-year-old J.P. came from Ravenna to celebrate with friends at a club in Cleveland. She consumed a large number of alcoholic drinks throughout the night, and awoke the next morning in an unfamiliar…
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In November of 2010, Darius Clark was convicted of multiple counts of child endangerment, felonious assault, and domestic violence in relation to his girlfriend’s two small children, A.T. and L.P. At issue in this saga, which ended up in the U.S. Supreme Court, were statements made by L.P., then three, to his teachers,…
Case Background
In November of 2010, Darius Clark was convicted of multiple counts of child endangerment, felonious assault, and domestic violence in relation to his girlfriend’s two small children, A.T. and L.P. At issue in this saga, which ended up in the U.S. Supreme Court, were statements made by L.P., then three, to his teachers,…
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On May 6, 2008, 72-year-old Ronald Anderson and his four year old grandson Javarre Tate were killed when Anderson’s minivan was struck broadside at an intersection by a fire engine on an emergency run in response to an automobile fire in Massillon. The fire engine, driven by Susan Toles and commanded by Rick…
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…
