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Being responsible for your independent contractor’s fraud

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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May 7 2013

Recently, the Second District Court of Appeals in Ohio set some parameters for when a business may be held liable for the fraudulent conduct of its

Hirt v. Crestline Paving & Excavating, Inc. 2013 Ohio 200 (Ohio Ct. App., Sandusky County, Jan. 25, 2013)

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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May 21 2013

The Sixth Appellate District recently applied the Ohio Supreme Court's 2012 rule on government immunity for failure to upgrade an existing sewer.1

Does a public entity have immunity for claims based on the failure to upgrade an existing sewer?

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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March 11 2013

The Supreme Court of Ohio clarified the issue of whether or not a public entity has immunity for claims based on the failure to upgrade an existing

What the courts are saying

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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December 31 2007

We begin this month with a look at a Federal Court case from the Sixth Circuit

Ohio Supreme Court defines Lake Erie shoreline

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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September 15 2011

Settling a long-running property dispute between the State of Ohio and owners of property along the Lake Erie shore, the Supreme Court of Ohio unanimously held that the portion of the lake owned by the state extends to the "natural shoreline," defined as the point "at which water usually stands when free from disturbing causes."

Focus on eminent domain continues with law changes

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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March 26 2008

Eminent domain is the power held by certain federal, state and local governmental entities as well as certain private entities to take private property for a public use

Ohio’s statute of repose bars home owners’ claims against even an unqualified builder

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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May 2 2012

Ohio’s statute of repose, R.C. 2305.131, bars claims against professionals who provide construction or design services on improvements to real property that arise from defective and unsafe conditions more than 10 years after the date of substantial completion of the improvement

Court rules that FHFA may refuse to underwrite residential mortgages for homes with PACE projects

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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March 27 2013

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco overruled a district court last Tuesday when it ruled that the Federal Housing Finance

Ohio tort reform

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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April 17 2008

Two significant cases have been decided by the Ohio Supreme Court, both of which presented constitutional challenges to Ohio's 2005 Ohio tort reform law, S.B. 80

What you need to know about Ohio’s response to Kelo

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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August 1 2007

In the United States, the power of eminent domain the government’s right to take private property for public use upon reasonable payment to the property’s owner has always operated within strict parameters

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