Update: On February 4, 2020, the Court dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.

“Is this a big problem? Do you have attorneys from the PD’s office storming the courts to get off cases because of a potential risk of conflict?”

Chief Justice O’Connor, to the prosecutor

“And so how do we draw that distinction between

Update: On February 4, 2020, the Court dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.

Read an analysis of the argument here.

On January 8, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. Basim Barnes, 2018-1389. At issue in this case is whether a trial court’s denial of an

Update: read what happened on remand in this case here.

On December 7, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Burnham v. Cleveland Clinic, Slip Opinion  2016-Ohio-8000.  Oh my! Let me put it this way. Six justices agreed that the order compelling discovery in this particular case was final and

Update: On December 7, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“We have an incident report on the date, time, location and the witnesses who observed an alleged slip and fall. What’s privileged about that… How would we prevent all discovery from getting locked

Update: On December 7, 2016, 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 May 4, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Darlene Burnham v. Cleveland Clinic, et al., 2015-1127