Litigation

Ohio Supreme Court Upholds S.B. 80 Tort Reform
The Ohio Supreme Court has just issued a press release that the Court has upheld 2 tort reform statutes. In Arbino v. Johnson & Johnson, 2007-Ohio-6948, the Court held that 2 recent Ohio tort reform statutes do not violate the...

Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Statutory Caps on Punitive and Compensatory Damages Against Constitutional Attack
In Arbino v. Johnson, Slip Opinion No. 2007-Ohio-6948 (December 27, 2007), the Ohio Supreme Court upheld caps on damages from 2005 Ohio tort reform legislation in a 5-2 opinion. Chief Justice Moyer wrote for the court...

Ohio Supreme Court holds family has no right to decedent's brain
In Albrecht v. Treon, Slip Opinion No. 2008-Ohio-2617, the Ohio Supreme Court decided that [t]he next of kin of a decedent upon whom an autopsy has been performed do not have a protected right under Ohio law in the decedent?s...

Ohio Supreme Court Approves 16th Specialization for Ohio Attorneys
Today, the Ohio Supreme Court announced that it has approved a 16th specialization for Ohio attorneys who practice social security disability law. Ohio lawyers were already able to become certified in the following areas: administrative agency law; appellate law; business...

Ohio Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Trial Court 'Final Orders'"
Posted by Chuck Kallendorf: “In a case involving conflicting interpretations of an Ohio criminal rule of procedure, the Ohio Supreme...

Judge Calabrese Sat on Ohio Supreme Court
According to a recent Ohio Supreme Court Press Release, Judge Anthony O. Calabrese, Jr. of our local Eighth District Court of Appeals, recently sat as a visiting judge on the Supreme Court of Ohio in the case of State of...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Ohio Health Centers
Ohio Health Centers Sued for Improper Billing

Texas, USA
alleging the Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 violates several provisions of the Constitution.

Ohio Drinking Water
Contaminated with Acid

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

DLP
Ohio State to Receive $42 Million in Corporate Taxes Settlement