The Eighth District reversed and vacated two contempt findings, holding the trial court improperly charged a defendant with indirect contempt without providing the statutory notice and hearing required by R.C. 2705.03.
The Eighth District affirmed permanent custody after the juvenile court denied a continuance for a mother who had missed four of five prior hearings, finding no due process violation.
The Eighth District rejected an unclean hands defense in a tax foreclosure action, holding the property owner had available legal remedies and could not relitigate valuation in the foreclosure proceeding.
In a 2-1 decision, the Eighth District reversed a permanent custody grant, finding the juvenile court abused its discretion by denying a continuance when CCDCFS filed an amended case plan just six days before the hearing.
The Eighth District affirmed permanent custody of four children where the mother persistently denied that her partner sexually abused her older daughter and failed to complete case-plan objectives.
The Eighth District invalidated a nursing home arbitration agreement embedded within an admissions agreement, holding it failed to comply with R.C. 2711.23’s requirement for a standalone document with mandatory disclosures.
The Eighth District found a nursing home arbitration agreement unconscionable, with a notable concurrence arguing that courts should analyze contractual capacity as a threshold issue before reaching unconscionability.
The Eighth District affirmed a domestic-violence civil protection order including a firearms restriction, holding that repeated unauthorized home entries during parenting time constituted domestic violence.
The Eighth District affirmed summary judgment for Cuyahoga County on a female correction officer’s hostile-work-environment claim, finding the County’s internal disciplinary system satisfied its remedial obligation even without pursuing criminal charges against inmates.
The Eighth District affirmed summary judgment in favor of Reminger Co. in a breach-of-contract action to collect unpaid legal fees, holding that the pro se defendant’s failure to comply with appellate briefing rules and support his assignments of error with argument and authority was fatal.