Elyria, OH - Gibson Brothers, Inc., Allyn W. Gibson and David R. Gibson sued Oberlin College and Meredith Raimondo on defamation, negligence and respondeat superior theories claiming that Raimondo, the College's Dean of Students, it was damaged by actions taken by Raimondo in response to an incident at the Plaintiff's business involving a shoplifting incident in 2016 in which an Oberlin student tr... More...    $43000000 (06-14-2019 - OH)

Columbus, OH - Jury Rejects Defamation Claim

John E. Barnes sued the Ohio Democratic Party and Chris Redfern on defamation theories claiming that he was injured and/or damaged by false statements about him in campaign mailings to Democratic voters as part of an unsuccessful effort to defeat him in a primary race in 2014. The mailing claimed that Barnes "blocked Medicaid for the poor," "d... More...    $0 (08-27-2016 - OH)

This case involves a trademark dispute over the right
to use the “AMTEL� name and marks for phonebooks in various Ohio counties. In
2002, Defendant Steven Brandeberry sold his phonebook business, operated under the
name AMTEL, to Barney White, who in turn sold the business to Yellowbook, a national
publisher of yellow-pages directories. In 2009, Brandeberry decided to start a r... More...    $0 (02-27-2013 - OH)

Plaintiff-Appellant David A. Bentkowski, the Mayor of Seven Hills, Ohio, sued Defendants-Appellees Scene Magazine, Cleveland Scene Publishing, LLC, Cleveland Scene, LLC, and Village Voice Media Holdings LLC for defamation arising from an article published in a weekly publication called Cleveland Scene. The district court granted Appellees’ motion for summary judgment and Bentkowski appeals. In a... More...    $0 (04-19-2011 - OH)

Plaintiff-Appellant David A. Bentkowski, the Mayor of Seven Hills, Ohio, sued Defendants-Appellees Scene Magazine, Cleveland Scene Publishing, LLC, Cleveland Scene, LLC, and Village Voice Media Holdings LLC for defamation arising from an article published in a weekly publication called Cleveland Scene. The district court granted Appellees’ motion for summary judgment and Bentkowski appeals. In a... More...    $0 (04-19-2011 - OH)

In the course of preparing expert testimony and exhibits for a criminal trial, Dean Boland downloaded images of children from a stock photo website, digitally “morphedâ€� them into pornography, then used the images to help his clients resist child pornography charges in federal and state courts. Boland’s actions, as it turned out, created potential problems of their own. On the criminal side, ... More...    $0 (01-19-2011 - OH)

Plaintiff-Appellant Brian Viergutz (“Viergutz�), proceeding pro se, appeals from the order and judgment of the district court granting summary judgment to Defendant-Appellee Lucent Technologies, Inc. (“Lucent�) in this action under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634 (“ADEA�). We AFFIRM.

I. Background

Lucent hired Viergutz in 1997 as an in... More...    $0 (04-23-2010 - OH)

The plaintiffs appeal the grant of summary judgment to the defendants in this action for retaliation and related claims arising from the removal of their business from a municipal towing list. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM in part, REVERSE in part, and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

BACKGROUND

This case arises out of a series of disputes between... More...    $0 (03-26-2010 - OH)

Defendants Jeffrey Zucker and David Hudepohl appeal the denial of their motion for summary judgment based on the defense of qualified immunity from plaintiff Robert Kennedy’s procedural due process claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. For the reasons that follow, we reverse in part and affirm in part.

In doing so, we hold that Kennedy did not have a protectable property interest in ... More...    $0 (02-16-2010 - OH)

Edward Patrick, M.D., Ph.D., appeals the order of the district court granting summary judgment to defendants Cleveland Scene and Thomas Francis, and denying summary judgment to Patrick, in Patrick’s action brought under the court’s diversity jurisdiction claiming that Cleveland Scene’s publication of Francis’s article Playing Doctor on October 27, 2004, was defamatory. Because we find that... More...    $0 (12-21-2009 - OH)

Former St. Bernadette teachers Diane Nameth, Judy Hudak and Mary Jo Keane sued the Rev. Thomas Webe, the school's principal, on defamation theories claiming that Defendant trampled their reputations in meetings and in newsletters to parishioners to justify the firings. Defendant terminated Plaintiffs' contracts with the school at the end of his first year as principal of the school. The three had... More...    $675000 (09-12-2009 - OH)

Bernard Garner (“Garnerâ€�) appeals the district court’s dismissal of his action seeking compensatory and punitive damages, as well as reinstatement, against City of Cuyahoga Falls (“Cityâ€�) and several City officials: Mayor Don Robart (“Robartâ€�), Director of Community Development Susan Truby (“Trubyâ€�), Director of Public Service Valorie Wax Carr (“Carrâ€�) and Director of Law Vir... More...    $0 (02-26-2009 - OH)

Plaintiff-Appellant Michael Graham
(“Graham�) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendant-Appellee Best Buy
Stores, L.P. (“Best Buy�). Graham, a former Best Buy employee, seeks relief in connection with his
termination and events that transpired soon after. Graham appeals the dismissal of his claims of
racially discriminatory termination, retaliati... More...    $0 (10-22-2008 - OH)

LeadScope, Paul Blowers and Wayne Johns denied wrongdoing and counterclaimed on defamation, unfair co... More...    $26500000 (03-29-2008 - OH)

{ 1} This is a case of first impression that requires us to weigh the statutory rights of an employee to seek redress for claims of discrimination without retaliation against the constitutional right of an employer to petition the courts for redress after prevailing in the employee's cause of action against him. For the reasons that follow, we hold that an employer is not barred from fili... More...    $0 (12-16-2007 - OH)

Plaintiff-Appellant Med Corp. appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees, the City of Lima and David J. Berger, both individually and in his official capacity as Mayor of the City of Lima, Ohio (collectively, the "City"). Med Corp., an ambulance company, challenges the City's proposed one-week suspension of Med Corp. from receiving 911 emergency d... More...    $0 (07-12-2002 - OH)

On July 20, 1999, Plaintiff filed a complaint against Defendants alleging that Plaintiff's constitutionally protected liberty interest in his reputation was infringed when he was forced to resign from his position as director of the Metropolitan Sewer District ("MSD") amid publicized comments made by Defendants who charged that Plaintiff had engaged in questionable or possibly illegal activities.... More...    $0 (06-10-2002 - OH)

Plaintiff-Appellant James R. Singleton, a Captain in the Ohio Air National Guard, appeals from the decision of the district court granting Defendant-Appellee United States' motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. In 1999, Singleton filed a complaint in Ohio state court against Thomas A. Hitzeman, a Major in the Ohio Air National Gu... More...    $0 (01-22-2002 - OH)

In Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. (1990), 497 U.S. 1, 21, 110 S.Ct. 2695, 2707, 111 L.Ed.2d 1, 19, the United States Supreme Court rejected the notion that “an additional separate constitutional privilege for ‘opinion’ is required to ensure the freedom of expression guaranteed by the First Amendment” to the United States Constitution. This court later decided, however, th... More...    $0 (08-29-2001 - OH)

Defamation - Plaintiff claimed that she was defamed by an article published in Defendant's newspaper about a Salvation Army summer lunch program that provided free meals to children. The article included a photograph of Plaintiff's daughter on the front page of the paper and quoted Salvation Army workers who said that the children might not eat lunch if not for the free lunch program.... More...    $0 (01-26-2001 - OH)

Breach of Contract - Plaintiff sued University after being removed as department chair. The University cited removal due to management issues, patient care concerns, impact on the residency training program and interpersonal relationships with faculty and staff. The University adjusted plaintiff's salary and gave him an administrative position. Plaintiff brought action against defendant for brea... More...    $0 (12-03-1997 - OH)