10/08/2009

Case Name Case No. Topics and Issues Author Decided
Click here to openFernandez v. Outback Steakhouse 92912 Premises liability law; owner or occupier of property, summary judgment. Sweeney 10/8/2009
Click here to openCaptain Buffalo Foods, Inc. v. Cleveland 92899 Board of zoning appeal; res judicata; abuse of discretion. Blackmon 10/8/2009
Click here to openClayton v. Pedersen 92761 CIV. R. 59(A)(6); ABUSE OF DISCRETION; MANIFEST WEIGHT; MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL; DAMAGES Jones 10/8/2009
Click here to openHalliday v. Halliday 92748 divorce; guardian ad litem fees; res judicata; final judgment; Civ.R. 54(B); Dom.Rel.Loc.R. 35(E); Dom.Rel.Loc.R. 75(F); single claim; child support; allocation; due process; final appealable order Gallagher 10/8/2009
Click here to openKiehl v. Univ. Hosps. Health Sys.-Heather Hill, Inc. 92547 Administrative appeal; Ohio Unemployment Compensation Review Commission; just cause Stewart 10/8/2009
Click here to openChase Mtge. Co. W. v. Coleman 92545 MAGISTRATES; DISCOVERY – SANCTIONS; ATTORNEY AS WITNESS – DISQUALIFICATION; SUMMARY JUDGMENT. Rocco 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Johnson 92540 Unburnt marijuana; Fourth Amendment; search; trunk; unintentional restriction of freedom of movement; investigatory stop; Terry stop; consensual encounter; association with others suspected of criminal activity; odor of marijuana; request for assistance. Celebrezze 10/8/2009
Click here to openHamper v. Suburban Umpires Assoc., Inc. 92505 Motion to compel; motion for summary judgment; due process; waiver Boyle 10/8/2009
Click here to openMaurer v. DaimlerChrysler Corp. 92493 Consolidated cases; sanctions; final appealable order; Civ.R. 42(A); Civ.R. 54(B). Celebrezze 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Green 92475 Escape; postrelease control; monitored time Stewart 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Lancaster 92463, 92842 Drugs, possession, trafficking; Guilty Plea; Having a Weapon While Under Disability; Sentence, consecutive, excessive Rocco 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Messina 92457 felony sentencing Sweeney 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Chappell 92455 Motion to Dismiss; Common Law Offense; Code State; R.C. 2901.03(A); R.C. 2923.24; Possession Criminal Tools; Crim.R. 12(C); Crim.R. 12(F); App.R. 4(A). McMonagle 10/8/2009
Click here to openStrongsville v. Eskander 92448 Prohibitions concerning companion animals, R.C. 959.131(B), animal cruelty, Crim.R. 29, incomplete transcript. Kilbane 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Wolff 92434 sufficiency of the evidence, manifest weight, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Sweeney 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Huff 92427 Evidence, weight; Mortgage Fraud; Securing Writings by Deception; Theft Rocco 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Ross 92289 Rape; intoxication; waiver of jury trial; opportunity to consult with counsel; ineffective assistance of counsel; in camera review; waiver of closing arguments; debatable trial tactics; manifest weight; R.C. 2907.02(A)(1)(c); R.C. 2945.05. Celebrezze 10/8/2009
Click here to openHetzer-Young v. Precision Airmotive Corp. 92422 summary judgment; GARA; airplane; manufacturer; product-line successor; burden; business record; ancient document; logbook; exception; design defect; misrepresentation; concealment Gallagher 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Disanza 92375 Presentence investigation report; Crim.R. 32.2; R.C. 2951.03(A)(1); plain error Stewart 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Garrett 92349 Degree of offense; Falsification; Possession of criminal tools; Statutes, general, specific; Tampering with records; Verdict, forms, further findings Rocco 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Collins 92338 Custodial Interrogation, Motion to Suppress Dyke 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Cardamone 92235 Robbery; aiding and abetting; consistency in sentencing Stewart 10/8/2009
Click here to openHaynes v. Haynes 92224 divorce; valuation; license bureau; marital property; equitable; distributive award; discretion; misconduct Gallagher 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Young 92127 R.C. 2907.02(D)/OHIO’S RAPE SHIELD STATUTE; ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE; FAILURE TO REQUEST HEARING; EVID.R. 401/RELEVANT EVIDENCE Jones 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Sojourney 92087 GUILTY PLEA; AGGRAVATED MURDER; CRIM.R. 11(C) Jones 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Cunningham 92062 Evid.R. 404(B); other acts evidence; prejudicial error Stewart 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Greer 92011 Motion to suppress; probable cause; citizen informant; anonymous tip Sweeney 10/8/2009
Click here to openState v. Moats 91646 Murnahan; ineffective assistance of trial counsel; res judicata. Boyle 10/7/2009
Click here to openState ex rel. Tate v. Calabrese 93741 Mandamus; motion to dismiss; res judicata. McMonagle 10/7/2009
Click here to openJohnson v. Gallagher 93009 Prohibition; vexatious litigator; R.C. 2323.52(D)(3); leave to proceed. Sweeney 10/6/2009
Click here to openTisdale v. A-Tech Automotives Mobile Serv. & Garage 92825 Mandamus; notice of appeal; filing; indigency status; judicial notice; nonmoving party, R.C. 1901.26(A)(1)(a). Kilbane 10/6/2009
Click here to openState ex rel. Browder v. Strickland-Saffold 93709 Mandamus; jail-time credit; moot. Celebrezze 10/6/2009
Click here to openState ex rel. Ferguson v. Villanueva 93171 Mandamus; jail time credit; R.C. 2949.08; R.C. 2949.12; R.C. 2967.191; Ohio Adm. Code 5120-2-04(B); and discretion to issue writ. Celebrezze 10/6/2009
Click here to openState ex rel. Smith v. Celebrezze 93072 Prohibition; R.C. 3105.011; basic statutory jurisdiction; failure to sustain burden; nunc pro tunc orders; Civil Rule 53; civil protection orders; and mootness. McMonagle 10/2/2009