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Merit Decision: Judgment Creditor of City Employee Cannot Assert Right of Indemnification Against the City Under R.C.2744.07. Ayers v. Cleveland
“…indemnification does not exist to benefit a third party.”
Justice Fischer, majority opinion
“The statute cannot be applied in a way that subjects employees to financial ruin or that allows employees to control whether a …
On December 16, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“The index card cannot be rehabilitated by 2107. 24?”
Chief Justice O’Connor, to counsel for Terry Schaffer
“So, you are saying that the court, given the circumstances under which this notecard was executed, can…
“We conclude that a discovery deposition conducted outside the presence of a judge is not a proceeding within the meaning of R.C. 2303.21 and thus the cost of procuring the transcript of such a deposition may not be recovered as a cost under Civ.R. 54(D).”
Justice DeWine, Majority Opinion
On March 13, 2020, the Supreme…
Update: On March 27, 2020, at the request of the Ohio Democratic Party, the Court dismissed this complaint since the matter has been resolved by legislative action.
On March 17, 2020, the Ohio Democratic Party filed a lawsuit, State ex rel. Ohio Democratic Party and Kiara Diane Sanders v. Frank LaRose, in his official capacity…
Update: On July 23, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Why isn’t it enough to say I would not have pled guilty if I knew I was going to be deported?”
Justice Stewart to the Assistant Prosecutor
“Is there anything that you have…
Update: On May 27,2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Doesn’t a structural error have to be a constitutional error? Don’t we know from the U.S. Supreme Court that that this is not a constitutional error?”
Justice DeWine, to the Assistant County Public Defender…
Update: On July 23, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the argument here.
On March 11, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Madora Jones, Administrator of the Estate of ReDon Jones…
“Certainly, a parent who makes only one payment during the year—and thus is substantially in arrears on that year’s child support—has failed to provide support as required by law or judicial decree for a period of at least one year preceding the filing of the adoption petition.”
Justice DeWine, lead opinion
“The General Assembly, as…
On December 16, 2020, 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 March 11, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in In re: Estate of Joseph I. Shaffer, 2019-0364. At issue in this case…
Update: On June 18,2020 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Why isn’t an in-camera inspection a safeguard enough?”
Justice Stewart, to counsel for Belinda Torres Friendenberg
“Did the trial court ever find that these records related ‘causally or historically’ to physical or mental injuries…
