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.
The Eighth District affirmed convictions for domestic violence and aggravated menacing against EMS workers, holding that the defendant’s verbal death threats to first responders constituted separately punishable offenses from the underlying domestic assault.
The Eighth District affirmed dismissal of an unemployment compensation appeal filed 34 days after the Review Commission’s decision was mailed, holding the 30-day statutory deadline under R.C. 4141.282 is jurisdictional and cannot be overcome by creative pleading.
The Eighth District reversed the trial court’s dismissal of a rape and kidnapping indictment for preindictment delay, holding that the defendant failed to establish actual prejudice from the 16-year gap between the offense and indictment despite the deaths of two potential witnesses.
The Eighth District reversed a jail-time credit calculation where the trial court awarded credit for days the defendant had already received credit for in a separate, unrelated case, and remanded for factual findings supporting the recalculated credit.
The First District held that imposing consecutive sentences on two firearm specifications was erroneous where the underlying felonies arose from the same act or transaction, but found no plain error because the defendant received an agreed sentence and failed to object below.
The Fifth District reversed and remanded for resentencing, holding that aggravated vehicular assault (OVI-based) and vehicular assault (recklessness-based) are allied offenses of similar import that must merge under R.C. 2941.25 when committed against the same victim.
The Seventh District affirmed an attempted murder conviction and 14-year sentence, finding no plain error in the admission of a victim’s video-taped statement, commercial trucking company videos, and electronic log data.
The Fifth District affirmed the conviction and sentence of a 19-year-old DYS inmate for felonious assault committed within a juvenile correctional facility, rejecting the argument that the case should have originated in or been remanded to juvenile court.