Read This Case Before You Steal Your Boss’s Clients: Cautionary Tales from Definitive Sols. Co. v. Sliper
Ohio's First District Court of Appeals, which covers Cincinnati/Hamilton County, recently decided the case of Definitive Sols. Co. v. Sliper, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-150281, 2016-Ohio-533, __ ...
Bob Vila Not Good Enough to Prove Contractor Messed Up? The Importance of Expert Testimony
Ohio's Eleventh District Court of Appeals, which covers Trumbull County, recently decided Karnofel v. Nye, a rather simple case that shows the importance of "expert testimony." The Plaintiff, ...
Bigelow v. American Family Insurance: Bad News for Consumers and Consumer Law Attorneys in Ohio
Ohio's Fifth District Court of Appeals recently decided the case of Bigelow v. Am. Family Ins., 2016-Ohio-3311, which dealt a swift blow to consumers and consumer law attorneys in Ohio. In ...
The “Cold Coffee” Case: Frivolous Lawsuit Against Starbucks?
The "hot coffee" case against McDonald's still comes to mind when the topic of "frivolous lawsuits" is brought up, even though, in case you missed it, there was more to the story and it was not ...
Prescriptive Easements in Ohio – The Story of Harris v. Dayton Power & Light Co. (Part 3 of 3)
This is the third post in a three-post series on prescriptive easements, explained through the case of Harris v. Dayton Power & Light Co. (click here to read the first post, and here to read ...
Prescriptive Easements in Ohio – The Story of Harris v. Dayton Power & Light Co. (Part 2 of 3)
This is the second post in a three-post series on prescriptive easements, explained through the case of Harris v. Dayton Power & Light Co. The first post is here. The layout of the ...
Prescriptive Easements in Ohio – The Story of Harris v. Dayton Power & Light Co. (Part 1 of 3)
Ohio’s Second District Court of Appeals recently decided the case of Harris v. Dayton Power & Light Co., 2nd Dist. Montgomery No. 26796, 2016-Ohio-517, which illustrates the real ...
An Obvious Lesson From 50 Cent: Be Careful What You Post on the Internet if You Are Involved in Litigation!
It appears that Curtis Jackson, the rapper known as 50 Cent, has kept his lawyers (and the lawyers of several others) busy. 50's motto is: Get rich or die tryin. Or, alternatively, file for ...
Abuse of Process: Takeaways from Pingue v. Preferred Real Estate Invests II, L.L.C. (Part 3 of 3)
This is the third and final installment in a series of blog posts about abuse of process in Ohio. Click here to read the first post, and here to read the second. In deciding the case ...
Abuse of Process: An Illustration (Part 2 of 3)
This is the second of three posts about the tort of abuse of process in Ohio. The first post can be accessed here. The case of Pingue v. Preferred Real Estate Invests II, L.L.C., 5th ...
Abuse of Process: A Lawsuit for Filing a Frivolous Lawsuit? (Part 1 of 3)
Ohio's Fifth District Court of Appeals recently decided the case of Pingue v. Preferred Real Estate Invests II, L.L.C., 5th Dist. Delaware No. 15 CAE 01 0008, 2015-Ohio-475. This case ...
