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| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
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Ostanek v. Ostanek
| 2019-L-140 | CIVIL RULE 60 - divorce decree; separation agreement; stipulations; pension; Federal Employees Retirement System; qualified domestic relations order; court order acceptable for processing; Civ.R. 60(B)(5); not filed within reasonable time. VACATION OF JUDGMENT - inherent authority to vacate void judgment; QDRO cannot expand or modify divorce decree; marital portion of employee annuity; divided equally; as of the date of retirement; method of calculation; traditional coverture; frozen coverture; survivor annuity; divorce decree silent as to survivorship benefits; court cannot "fill in the gaps" of separation agreement. | Cannon | Lake |
8/3/2020
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8/3/2020
| 2020-Ohio-3930 |
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F.D. Johnson Co. v. JC Mechanical Heating & Cooling, L.L.C.
| 2019-L-163 | CIVIL - intentional interference with a business relationship; voluntary dismissal; motion for attorney fees; motion for sanctions; R.C. 2323.51; Civ.R. 11; lack of standing; clerical error; abuse of discretion; genuine issue of material fact; objectively frivolous; subjectively frivolous; no frivolous conduct; affirmed. | Cannon | Lake |
8/3/2020
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8/3/2020
| 2020-Ohio-3931 |
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State v. Rutherford
| 2020-L-033 | CRIMINAL LAW - SENTENCING - felony sentence; unlawful sexual conduct; R.C. 2907.04; seriousness and recidivism factors; R.C. 2929.11; R.C. 2929.12; lack of remorse; element of the crime as a factor; findings supported by the record; affirmed. | Cannon | Lake |
8/3/2020
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8/3/2020
| 2020-Ohio-3934 |
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State v. Sands
| 2020-L-038 | CRIMINAL - sentencing; void; fact-finding; maximum; jurisdiction; res judicata | Lynch | Lake |
8/3/2020
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8/3/2020
| 2020-Ohio-3935 |
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State ex rel. Sands v. Kelly
| 2020-L-039 | ORIGINAL ACTION - mandamus; motion to dismiss; affidavit of prior civil actions; R.C. 2969.25(A) | Lynch | Lake |
8/3/2020
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8/3/2020
| 2020-Ohio-3936 |
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Patel v. Huntington Banc Shares Fin. Corp.
| 2020-L-058 | APPELLATE REVIEW - trial court judgment can only be reviewed on appeal if it constitutes a final order pursuant to R.C. 2505.02 and Civ.R. 54(B); multiple claims remain pending; interlocutory order; no mandatory language that there is no just reason for delay; lack of a final and appealable order. | Trapp | Lake |
8/3/2020
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8/3/2020
| 2020-Ohio-3937 |
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State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Commrs.
| 2019-P-0102 | CIVIL - dismissal; Civ.R. 41(A)(2) by order of court; parties' signatures not required; appellant has burden to demonstrate error on appeal; reqularity of trial court proceedings presumed. | Wright | Portage |
8/3/2020
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8/3/2020
| 2020-Ohio-3932 |
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State ex rel. Parker Bey v. Loomis
| 2019-T-0035 | MANDAMUS - public records request; R.C. 149.43; motion to dismiss; R.C. 2965.25(A); mandatory requirements of affidavit; dismissed. | Per Curiam | Trumbull |
8/3/2020
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8/3/2020
| 2020-Ohio-3933 |
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In re Estate of Clonch
| 2020-T-0017 | APPELLATE REVIEW - Trial court entry denying exceptions to an inventory is only final if the trial court also approves the inventory. | Rice | Trumbull |
8/3/2020
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8/3/2020
| 2020-Ohio-3938 |
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Washington v. Eppinger
| 2020-T-0024 | EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - habeas corpus; R.C. Chapter 2725; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); ineffective assistance of counsel; personal security; personal liberty; due process; cruel and unusual punishment; civil rights; improper bindover; Miranda; insufficiency of evidence; adequate remedy at law; res judicata; new judicial ruling; subject-matter jurisdiction; copy of bindover entry; R.C. 2725.04(D). | Trapp | Trumbull |
7/27/2020
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7/27/2020
| 2020-Ohio-3851 |
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