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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 …
Update: On March 25, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“The City says, if you just release the officers from their personal liability, we will enter into this agreement where you can pursue indemnification. Why would you not accept that?”
Justice French, to…
Update: On March 25, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On June 12, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in David Ayers v. City of Cleveland, 2018-0852. At issue in this…
Read a student law review article critically analyzing this decision here.
On July 3, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a merit decision in Miller v. Miller, 2012-Ohio-2928. At issue in this case is the interpretation of Ohio’s corporate advancement statute, codified at R.C. 1701. 13 (E)(5).
Trumbull Industries is an Ohio…
