COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - A man accused of accepting a multimillion-dollar bribe from FirstEnergy in a scheme that also sent the former speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives to jail may face the seizure of $8 million after the Ohio Supreme Court reversed an appellate ruling striking down a court order attaching his assets.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - A four-year time limit on filing lawsuits over “medical claims” includes wrongful-death claims based on medical malpractice, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in a decision opposed by trial lawyers and three of the court’s justices.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - An Ohio police officer who demonstrated to guests at a party how his K-9 unit dog responded to commands – including finding illegal contraband buried in the back yard – might be liable after the dog bit one guest in the chest, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled.
AKRON, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - A man who was prescribed antibiotics after crushing his finger but never picked them up from Walmart can sue the retailer for failing to track him down and make sure he received the drugs before the damaged finger led to a devastating infection and the loss of both legs, an Ohio appeals court ruled.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Resolving a question that has divided Ohio courts for years, the state Supreme Court ruled that a missing fire extinguisher in a school laboratory is a “physical defect” even if it wasn’t legally required, allowing students burned by an exploding bottle of alcohol to sue their school district.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Drivers who leased their cars and failed to contest tickets handed out by Cleveland speeding cameras are barred by the doctrine of res judicata from suing to recover the money, the state’s highest court ruled, throwing out a class action that had produced a $4.1 million judgment.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - A narrow majority on the Ohio Supreme Court declared the state’s $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages unconstitutional in the case of a victim of childhood sexual abuse, in a decision opposed by a variety of organizations as well as Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - An Ohio law barring medical-malpractice lawsuits more than four years after an injury doesn’t apply to cases against a surgeon who fled the country and is now living in Pakistan, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled.
An Ohio recreational district is immune from claims it caused the death of a 15-year-old who disappeared after diving off a platform and failed to come back up to the surface, an appeals court ruled.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Plaintiffs who win a case involving punitive damages can recover the legal fees they incurred defending the judgment on appeal, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled, in a decision a dissenting justice said will discourage defendants from exercising their right to appeal.
ELYRIA, OHIO (Legal Newsline) - The Lorain County pastry shop owners who were defamed as racists after stopping a black student from shoplifting will be paid $36.59 million now that the Ohio Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal filed by Oberlin College.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - An Ohio nonprofit has sued for access to the meetings and records of OneOhio Recovery Foundation, saying the state-established organization is attempting to distribute more than $400 million in opioid settlement money without legally required public oversight.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – The Ohio Supreme Court has taken up the issue raised by the City of Maple Heights and private lawyers it hired who want to charge Netflix and Hulu for doing business there.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – The Ohio Supreme Court has paved the way for punishment against Volkswagen over its emissions scandal that has already caused the company to pay a nearly $3 billion federal penalty.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – An Akron hospital will have to face a lawsuit that claims one of its emergency room physicians sexually assaulted a patient, even though no criminal charges have been filed.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - You may not be able to fight city hall, but in Ohio you can avoid being ordered to pay a city restitution under a state law designed to compensate crime victims for their losses.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – School staff did not act recklessly when addressing reports of bullying of a kindergartner, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled.
