Brief Bank

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Decision on Summary Judgment in Wilson v. Potter

Decision in Surbella v. Tarnowski

12-15-2008 – Knox County Jury awards $4900 in favor of Mark Foley and against Patricia Surbella and Arete Neolith, Inc., for breach of employment contract.

Murphy vs. USPS – brief in response to motion to dismiss

Foley files Memo contra motion to dismiss

Surbella moves to dismiss federal complaint.

Surbella files stipulated notice of dismissal without permission of Defendants’ counsel.

Court denies plaintiffs’ attempt to name expert witnesses after deadline

Stickelman, Schneider & Associates, LLC, files lawsuit against former employee in retaliation for employee’s filing of complaint with Board of Real Estate Appraisers. Stickelman, Schneider & Associates later voluntarily dismisses lawsuit against employee and files a motion to dismiss employee’s counterclaims arguing that employee had to go through arbitration. Judge denies motion to dismiss holding that Stickelman, Schneider & Associates waived arbitration clause in agreement when it filed its lawsuit against employee without resorting to arbitration and because of its delay in asserting the provision.
Stickelman, Schneider & Associates decision

Decision from Southern District of Ohio in retaliation case – Christine Benge v. General Motors

Court order on extension of expert witness deadline in Patricia Surbella, et al. v. Mark Foley, et al.

Andrew J. Ruzicho has largest sexual harassment award in Kentucky

Proposed Jury Instructions in Tortious Interference with Business Contract case

Federal court determines short term disability plan is not governed by ERISA

Jury Instructions in Ohio employment discrimination case

Federal Court ruling on motion to compel discovery in Irvin v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

Court of appeals overturns summary judgment in Marilyn Payton vs. Receivables Outsourcing, Inc., et al. (hostile work environment sexual harassment and negligent hiring)

Summary Judgment ruling in Jon Downs vs. AOL Time Warner, Inc.
Federal District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, denies summary judgment in Americans With Disabilities Act Failure to Accommodate case.

Summary Judgment ruling in Wanda Knight vs. Columbus City Schools Board of Education, Columbus Education Association, Rhonda Johnson
Defamation, Tortious Interference with Contract, Intentional Infliction of Emotion Distress

Civil Rights attorneys fees award in Barnes v. City of Cincinnati

Violation of public policy ruling in Miller v. Medcentral Health System, Inc.

Court finds arbitration clause unenforceable, Ignazio v. Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc.

Court rules on motion to compel arbitration

Response to summary judgment, Long v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Corporation retaliation case