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Recent Decisions From the Supreme Court of Ohio
Date: May 7, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1702
Docket Number: 2023-0979
Date: May 2, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1656
Docket Number: 2023-0763
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a workers' compensation claim filed by Billy J. Ottinger, who suffered a severe injury while working for B&B Wrecking & Excavating, Inc. Ottinger fell from a roof and landed on his legs,…
Date: May 2, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1657
Docket Number: 2024-0169
Date: May 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1625
Docket Number: 2023-0809
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a dispute over workers' compensation. The appellant, Brian Caldwell, was injured while working for the appellee, Whirlpool Corporation. After a successful initial workers’ compensation claim,…
Date: May 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1624
Docket Number: 2023-1111
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Derrick Martre, who was arrested in May 2017 for domestic abuse and possession of sexually explicit images of children on his cellphone. The arrest was prompted by a police report filed by…
Date: April 30, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1614
Docket Number: 2023-0714
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves appellant Marcus D. White's appeal against the Tenth District Court of Appeals’ judgment dismissing his complaint for a writ of mandamus or procedendo against appellee, Franklin County Common Pleas…
Date: April 30, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1615
Docket Number: 2023-1062
Date: April 26, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1623
Docket Number: 2024-0557
Date: April 25, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1540
Docket Number: 2023-1274
Date: April 23, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1501
Docket Number: 2022-1312
Justia Opinion Summary: Vandercar, L.L.C. entered into a $36 million purchase contract for the Millennium Hotel in Cincinnati and then assigned its interest in the hotel to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority. The agreement…
Date: April 18, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1433
Docket Number: 2022-1053
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Timothy Williams, who was 16 years old when he committed the offense in question. Williams rang the doorbell of Everett and Leslie Lawson's home, pretending to have been injured in a car…
Date: April 17, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1399
Docket Number: 2022-1391
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a public-records request made by Randy Ludlow, a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch, to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). Ludlow requested a digital spreadsheet copy of the Electronic Death…
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