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Update: On February 12, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On April 23, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Christine House v. Bruce Iacovelli, et al., 2018-0434. At issue is whether the statutory penalties for employers imposed…
Update: On December 18, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read an analysis of the argument here.
On April 24, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Aaron Anderson, et al, v. WBNS-TV, Inc., 2018-0792. At issue in…
Update: On September 19, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read an analysis of the oral argument here.
On April 24, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Barbara Rieger v. Giant Eagle, Inc., 2018-0883. The issue in the…
Update: On July 17, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read an analysis of the oral argument here.
On March 5, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of New Riegel Local School District Board of Education…
A Stark County jury awarded Ann Wayt $800,000 in compensatory damages and $750,000 in punitive damages in a defamation action she brought against Affinity Medical Center, where she had worked as a nurse. The case got to the Supreme Court of Ohio on the issue of whether the damages cap in R.C. 2315.18 (B)(2) that…
Update: read what happened on remand here.
“We hold that under the plain language of R.C. 2315.18(A)(7), defamation is a ‘civil action for damages for injury or loss to person.’”
Justice Fischer, majority opinion
“Defamation is an injury or loss to reputation, not to person, and therefore the caps on damages in R.C. 2315.18 do…
Update: read what happened on remand here.
“We hold that under the plain language of R.C. 2315.18(A)(7), defamation is a ‘civil action for damages for injury or loss to person.’”
Justice Fischer, majority opinion
“Defamation is an injury or loss to reputation, not to person, and therefore the caps on damages in R.C. 2315.18 do…
“Schmitz’s experience of disorientation as to time and place following head impacts establishes that he was, or at least should have been, aware that he had sustained head injuries. But head injuries, including concussions, are an inherent part of football…They do not inherently suggest the existence of actionable wrongdoing.”
Justice French, majority opinion
On October…
