In the 10th District Court of Appeals, a panel of three judges recently ruled that a Marion Correctional Institution inmate could not appeal the transfer of his case to a different docket. The inmate, Jeffrey Woods, appealed from the entry of the Ohio Court of Claims which transferred to the administrative docket the case that [...]
The 10th District Court of Appeals recently ruled that the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency was wrongfully compelled to produce emails that were subject to attorney-client privilege. The decision issued by a three-judge appellate panel reversed the judgment of the Environmental Review Appeals Commission which had ruled to compel the discovery of certain communications between the [...]
A Fostoria-based trucking company lost its case in the 10th District Court of Appeals last week when a panel of three judges found that the company was properly found to have violated Ohio unemployment compensation laws. MNH Truck Leasing Company is a limited liability company primarily in the business of freight brokerage and trucking services. [...]
The 10th District Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the Ohio Court of Claims last week in a negligence case against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The suit, filed by Christopher Barksdale, alleged that the department was negligent when it assigned Barksdale to a top bunk despite his valid bottom bunk restriction. [...]
A Perrysburg man recently lost his appeal to keep wild animals seized by the Ohio Department of Agriculture. A panel of three judges in the 10th District Court of Appeals upheld the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas affirming an order of the director of the Department of Agriculture to transfer to [...]
The 10th District Court of Appeals affirmed a Franklin County man’s aggravated murder conviction. The defendant, Jonathan Hairston, appealed from the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, where he was convicted on the murder charge with gun specifications. Hairston claimed that his conviction was not supported by sufficient evidence nor that the [...]
The 10th District Court of Appeals last week affirmed a judgment suspending an Ohio neurologist for irresponsibly prescribing pain medication. Dr. Marvin Rorick appealed from the findings of the Ohio State Medical Board and the sanctions that resulted from those findings after already having an appeal rejected by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. [...]
A divided panel of three judges in the 10th District Court of Appeals vacated a Franklin County man’s aggravated murder conviction this week. “The evidence does not support a finding that the killing was done as the result of prior calculation and design,” Judge Gary Tyack wrote on behalf of the court of appeals’ majority. [...]
The 10th District Court of Appeals recently affirmed the dismissal of drug charges against a Columbus man. The defendant, Ahmad Mobarak, was indicted on Feb. 1, 2013 in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas on one count of trafficking in drugs and one count of aggravated possession of drugs of activity that allegedly occurred [...]