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Recent Decisions From the Supreme Court of Ohio
Date: May 9, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1752
Docket Number: 2022-1069
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Damon L. Taylor, who was charged with felony murder in the adult court after the juvenile court found probable cause to believe that Taylor was complicit in a murder. The adult court convicted Taylor of…
Date: May 8, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1718
Docket Number: 2023-1264
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Fadi Salem, who was convicted of third-degree-misdemeanor sexual imposition in February 2021. As per Ohio law, this conviction classified him as a Tier I sex offender, requiring him to register…
Date: May 8, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1719
Docket Number: 2023-1340
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around the appellant, Jeffery Woods, who filed a legal malpractice lawsuit in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas. The defendant in the lawsuit filed a motion to dismiss the suit. Woods then…
Date: May 7, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1702
Docket Number: 2023-0979
Date: May 7, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1703
Docket Number: 2023-1140
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Deonta Boyd, an inmate at the Richland Correctional Institution, who pleaded guilty in 2006 to aggravated murder with a firearm specification, felonious assault, and aggravated burglary. The…
Date: May 2, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1656
Docket Number: 2023-0763
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a workers' compensation claim filed by Billy J. Ottinger, who suffered a severe injury while working for B&B Wrecking & Excavating, Inc. Ottinger fell from a roof and landed on his legs,…
Date: May 2, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1657
Docket Number: 2024-0169
Date: May 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1625
Docket Number: 2023-0809
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a dispute over workers' compensation. The appellant, Brian Caldwell, was injured while working for the appellee, Whirlpool Corporation. After a successful initial workers’ compensation claim,…
Date: May 1, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1624
Docket Number: 2023-1111
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Derrick Martre, who was arrested in May 2017 for domestic abuse and possession of sexually explicit images of children on his cellphone. The arrest was prompted by a police report filed by…
Date: April 30, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1614
Docket Number: 2023-0714
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves appellant Marcus D. White's appeal against the Tenth District Court of Appeals’ judgment dismissing his complaint for a writ of mandamus or procedendo against appellee, Franklin County Common Pleas…
Date: April 30, 2024
Citation: 2024-Ohio-1615
Docket Number: 2023-1062
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