Ohio Supreme Court News

Traffic Camera Suit May Impact Cities Across Ohio

A lawsuit challenging how Ohio’s fourth-largest city hands out citations and fines to drivers caught speeding and running red lights on camera could impact other cities around the state with traffic cameras. The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to review …

Ohio Justices Make Key Malpractice Case Ruling

Sympathetic statements by a doctor over a patient’s unexpected medical outcome can’t be admitted as evidence in medical malpractice cases filed after the date a law intended to outlaw their use went into effect in 2004, the Ohio Supreme Court …

Ohio High Court Says Skiers Assume Ordinary Risks

The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that skiers assume the sport’s ordinary risks and can only recover damages for collision injuries by proving the other skier was acting recklessly or intentionally. The court’s 6-1 decision stemmed from a 2007 collision …

Ohio Supreme Court Determines Defective Construction is Not Covered by CGL Policy

The Supreme Court of Ohio recently held that defective construction is not an “occurrence” covered under a commercial general liability policy. The decision clarifies an issue on which lower appellate courts had been split, but the court’s broad ruling was …

Ohio High Court Weighs Woman’s Horse Barn Injury

An Ohio woman severely injured when she went to the aid of a horse owner in danger of being trampled is challenging the state’s definition of being a spectator at an equine event as she seeks damages for her injuries. …