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JUNE 13, 2013

Supreme Court: Cincinnati Attorney Indefinitely Suspended

JUNE 12, 2013

Eighth District: Cleveland Man Wins Sentencing Appeal

Supreme Court: Three-Judge Panel May Determine Whether Intra-District Conflict Exists, En Banc Review Required

JUNE 11, 2013

Supreme Court: “RICO” Sentencing Statute Not Ambiguous, Mandatory Ten-Year Sentence Applies When Pattern of Corrupt Activity Includes Any First Degree Felony

JUNE 10, 2013

Twelfth District: Summary Judgment ‘Inappropriate’ for Negligence Claim

JUNE 7, 2013

Supreme Court Asked to Decide If Company-Paid Employee Benefits Are Countable as ‘Income’ In Calculating Child Support Obligation

JUNE 4, 2013

Seventh District: Steubenville Teacher, Football Coach Wins Defamation Appeal

Supreme Court: Workers’ Compensation Covers Injured Employee’s Mental Condition Only If Caused by Physical Injury

Supreme Court: Cleveland Attorney Disbarred

MAY 31, 2013

Supreme Court to Hear Death Penalty Appeal in 2005 Cleveland Murder

MAY 30, 2013

Supreme Court: A Defendant’s Guilty Plea That Is Vacated on Appeal Continues to Bar Eligibility for Wrongful Imprisonment Damages

MAY 29, 2013

Supreme Court: Statements Obtained From ODNR Employees Under Threat of Job Loss Properly Suppressed in Criminal Proceedings

MAY 28, 2013

Supreme Court: Foreclosure Action May Not Be Dismissed Under Civil Rule After Court Enters Judgment Granting Foreclosure, Order of Sale

MAY 23, 2013

Court of Claims Awards Family Nearly $4 Million

MAY 21, 2013

Supreme Court: Insurance Policy Language Does Not Preclude Uninsured Motorist Coverage For Damage Caused by Government Driver

MAY 16, 2013

Supreme Court: Columbus Attorney Disbarred

Supreme Court: Massillon Attorney Indefinitely Suspended

MAY 15, 2013

Supreme Court: Criminal Defendant’s Public Records Request for Information that is Subject to Discovery Triggers State’s Right to Demand Reciprocal Discovery

MAY 14, 2013

Supreme Court: Residential Mortgage Servicing Company is Not “Supplier” Subject to Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act

MAY 3, 2013

Supreme Court to Reconsider Woman's Death Sentence

MAY 2, 2013

Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for New DNA Testing of Biological Material In Criminal Cases

Supreme Court: Akron Attorney Suspended

MAY 1, 2013

Supreme Court: Felonious Assault by Causing ‘Serious Physical Harm’ Is a Lesser Included Offense of Attempted Murder

Supreme Court: Dayton Attorney Indefinitely Suspended

APRIL 30, 2013

Supreme Court: State Must Prove Protection Order Was Served on Respondent Prior to Alleged Violation

APRIL 29, 2013

Second District: Appeals Court Rules Police Violated Man’s Fourth Amendment Rights

APRIL 24, 2013

Supreme Court: Euclid Attorney Suspended Indefinitely

Supreme Court: Rents Charged To Vendors Are Trade Secrets, Exempt From Disclosure Under Public Records Act

APRIL 23, 2013

Supreme Court: Evidence of Doctor’s Sympathetic Statement to Patient Barred by ‘Apology Statute’ in Any Malpractice Suit Filed After 2004

APRIL 19, 2013

Eighth District: Appeals Court Reverses Sex Offender’s Conviction, Can’t Be Reclassified under the Adam Walsh Act

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Seven Cases April 23-24

APRIL 18, 2013

Supreme Court: ‘At Cost’ Provision of Public Records Act Does Not Trump $5 BMV Fee

Supreme Court: Northfield Attorney Disbarred

Supreme Court: Toledo Attorney’s License Suspended

APRIL 17, 2013

Supreme Court: Interlocutory Appeal Must Precede Post-Acquittal Appeal in Juvenile Cases

Supreme Court: Dayton Attorney Indefinitely Suspended

Supreme Court: Akron Attorney Indefinitely Suspended

APRIL 16, 2013

Supreme Court: Columbus Attorney Indefinitely Suspended

APRIL 10, 2013

Twelfth District: Burglary and Kidnapping Convictions Should Be Merged, Resentenced

Sixth District Vacates Man’s Sentence After Plea Deal Violation

APRIL 9, 2013

Court of Claims: Probate Court to Determine How Much of $3.3 Million Award Family Will Receive in Wrongful Death Case

APRIL 5, 2013

Supreme Court To Consider Whether Doctors Employed by University Hospitals Are Immune From Malpractice Liability As State Employees Regardless of Educational Context

MARCH 22, 2013

Court of Claims Approves $210,700 Settlement in 14 Year-Old Case

MARCH 21, 2013

Supreme Court: Imposition of Less Severe Discovery Rule Sanctions Apply to State Violations

MARCH 20, 2013

Supreme Court Suspends Painesville Attorney

MARCH 19, 2013

Supreme Court Suspends Cleveland Heights Attorney

MARCH 14, 2013

Tenth District: Prisoner Who Fell from Top Bunk Wins Appeal, Court Reexamines Discretionary Immunity Precedent

MARCH 12, 2013

Supreme Court Upholds Appellate Ruling That Worker’s Firing For Conduct That Caused On-the Job Injury Does Not Constitute ‘Voluntary Abandonment of Employment’

Supreme Court: Michigan Attorney Suspended From Practice in Ohio

MARCH 8, 2013

Supreme Court To Review Case of Police Detective Convicted of Abduction, Witness Intimidation For Abuse of Arrest Powers

MARCH 7, 2013

Supreme Court Rules County Engineer’s Response Met Requirements of Public Records Act

Supreme Court Permanently Denies Applicant Permission to Take Ohio Bar Examination

MARCH 6, 2013

Supreme Court: Eaton Attorney Suspended

Supreme Court: Cleveland Attorney Disbarred

MARCH 1, 2013

Court of Claims Approves UT Medical Center Patient’s Settlement

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Ninth District Finds Court Cannot Issue Lifelong Ban to Man from State of Ohio

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Second District Reverses Trial Court Over Suppression of Evidence

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Fourth District: Trial Court Should Have Considered Breathalyzer Results, Appeals Court Rules

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Ninth District Finds Child Enticement Statute Unconstitutional

Supreme Court To Hear Appeal of Public School Teacher Fired for Religious Displays and Teaching

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Twelfth District Reverses Trial Court Over Intoxilyzer 8000 Results

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Supreme Court: Cleveland Attorney Suspended

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Supreme Court: Columbus Attorney Suspended

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Court of Claims approves OSU Medical Center Patient’s Settlement

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Supreme Court To Decide If Applying 2004 “Apology Statute” to Statements Made By Doctor in 2001 is Unconstitutional Retroactive Application of Law

JANUARY 30, 2013

Supreme Court: State Oil & Gas Commission Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Appeals of Drilling Permits Issued by Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management

JANUARY 28, 2013

Second District Reverses Trial Court Over Deficient Search-Warrant Affidavit

JANUARY 17, 2013

Court of Claims: Partial Payment for Wrongfully Imprisoned Cleveland Man Sent to Controlling Board

JANUARY 16, 2013

Court of Claims: Former ODNR Employee Receives Damages in Age Discrimination Case

JANUARY 14, 2013

Tenth District Rules in Malpractice Case

JANUARY 9, 2013

Tenth District Upholds Health Department Finding of Smoking Ban Violations, $2,500 Fine

JANUARY 7, 2013

Court of Claims: ODRC Settles Former Inmate’s Medical Negligence Claim