Faruki PLL | USA | 16 Jan 2018
The Supreme Court of Ohio reaffirms and clarifies law in Ohio on breach of contract, implied duty of good faith, punitive damages, releases of…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 19 May 2016
The Ohio General Assembly is considering a major overhaul of Ohio’s banking laws, and hidden within the 443-page legislation are two changes that…
Beveridge & Diamond PC | USA | 10 Nov 2015
An Ohio federal jury in October handed out the first verdict in multi-district litigation ("MDL") against E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. related to…
Brouse McDowell | USA | 15 Apr 2015
To the non-coverage lawyer, a statute might seem to perfectly answer the question. Ohio Revised Code Section 3937.182 plainly states that no…
Barnes & Thornburg LLP | USA | 25 Sep 2014
Caps on noneconomic and punitive damages were a key element of Ohio's seminal tort reform legislation passed in 2005 and held constitutional by the…
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | USA | 2 May 2013
Until the Ohio legislature enacted R.C. 2745.01 in 2005, the employer intentional tort exception to workers' compensation immunity exasperated Ohio…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 9 Nov 2012
A federal court in Ohio has entered a $1.3-million default judgment against an asbestos remediation contractor for improper disposal of asbestos and fraud.
Ogletree Deakins | USA | 6 Jul 2012
On July 3, 2012, the Ohio Supreme Court directed the Eighth District Court of Appeals to apply the Ohio Supreme Court’s ruling in Havel v. Villa St. Joseph, 131 Ohio St.3d 235 (2012) that, upon motion of a party, Ohio Revised Code § 2315.21(B) requires a trial court to bifurcate claims for compensatory and punitive damages, to a retaliation claim asserted under Ohio Revised Code § 4112.
Thompson Hine LLP | USA | 26 Apr 2012
Upholding another aspect of Ohio’s tort reform, the Supreme Court of Ohio decided on February 15, 2012 that bifurcation of the compensatory and punitive stages in a tort trial is a substantive right.
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 11 Apr 2012
On February 15, 2012, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a 2005 tort reform provision requiring separate trial proceedings for compensatory and punitive damages.