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| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
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Radic v. Sternadel
| 2025-A-0045 | APPELLATE REVIEW - R.C. 2505.02(B); appeal from magistrate's order is not final and appealable; Civ.R. 53(D)(2)(a)(i); separate and distinct entry needed; magistrate’s decision alone is insufficient; interlocutory appeal; only judges not magistrates may terminate actions through a judgment; lack of jurisdiction. | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
9/29/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4527 |
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Delisio v. Hildenbrand
| 2025-G-0024 | EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - Petition for writ of habeas corpus; motion to dismiss; Civ.R.12(B)(6); sovereign citizen; wholly without merit; R.C. 2969.25. | Per Curiam | Geauga |
9/29/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4528 |
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In re M.R.
| 2025-L-004 | JUVENILE – Rape; R.C. 2907.02; Gross Sexual Imposition; R.C. 2907.05; Abduction; R.C. 2905.02; ineffective assistance of counsel; failure to mirandize juvenile suspect; custodial interrogation; failure to file motion to suppress did not affect outcome of trial; manifest weight of the evidence; proof of specific dates not required. | Eklund | Lake |
9/29/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4529 |
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Rives v. Lowes
| 2025-L-097 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A); thirty-day rule; Civ.R. 58(B); untimely appeal. | Eklund | Lake |
9/29/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4530 |
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State v. Adkins
| 2024-P-0083 | CRIMINAL – consecutive sentences; contrary to law; community control; revocation; not advised of term if community control violated; aggregate sentence. | S. Lynch | Portage |
9/29/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4526 |
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State v. Michalski
| 2025-P-0003 | CRIMINAL – Pandering Sexually Oriented Matter Involving a Minor; Possessing Criminal Tools; sentencing; presumptive prison term; R.C. 2929.13(D)(2). | Eklund | Portage |
9/29/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4531 |
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State v. Osco
| 2025-P-0015 | CRIMINAL - Anders v. California; wholly frivolous appeal; revocation of community control; abuse of discretion; felony sentencing; R.C. 2929.11; R.C. 2929.12. | Eklund | Portage |
9/29/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4532 |
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State ex rel. Walker v. Pittman
| 2025-P-0035 | ORIGINAL ACTION – mandamus; motion to dismiss; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); speedy trial; demand for trial; R.C. 2941.401; adequate remedy at law; direct appeal. | Per Curiam | Portage |
9/29/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4533 |
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State v. Thomas
| 2025-T-0006 | CRIMINAL - felony sentencing; community control; contrary to law; consideration of factors; R.C. 2929.11 and .12; transitional control; premature; notice of transfer to transitional control; prison term of less than one year; restitution hearing; plain error; amount of restitution; competent, credible evidence; presentence investigation; ineffective assistance of counsel | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
9/29/2025
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9/29/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4534 |
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State v. Mosier
| 2024-P-0080 | CRIMINAL LAW - revocation of community control; Crim.R. 32.3; due process rights; cursory proceeding; remand. | Patton | Portage |
9/22/2025
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9/22/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4417 |
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State v. Moser
| 2025-P-0002 | CRIMINAL LAW - criminal damaging; R.C. 2909.06(A)(1); demand for jury trial; petty offense; Civ.R. 23(A); sufficient evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; knowingly; self-defense; R.C. 2901.05(B)(1); ineffective assistance of counsel; failure to establish prejudice. | Lucci | Portage |
9/22/2025
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9/22/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4422 |
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State v. Nixon
| 2025-P-0018 | CRIMINAL LAW - multiple indictments; hanging charges; res judicata; direct appeal; affirm. | M. Lynch | Portage |
9/22/2025
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9/22/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4423 |
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State v. Russell
| 2025-P-0030 | CRIMINAL LAW - Marsy's Law; Ohio Constitution Article I, Section 10a; nonsupport of dependents; R.C. Ch. 2930; presentence investigation; restitution; condition of community control; length of sentence; objections to sentencing; opportunity to be heard. | Patton | Portage |
9/22/2025
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9/22/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4424 |
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Mentor Heisley Racquet & Fitness Club, L.P. v. Osborne
| 2025-L-029 | CIVIL - motion to dismiss; Civ.R. 12(B)(1); lack of subject matter jurisdiction; jurisdictional priority rule; whole-issue exception; substantially the same parties; ruling would interfere with resolution of issues in court where jurisdiction was first invoked. | M. Lynch | Lake |
9/22/2025
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9/22/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4420 |
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State v. Maguire
| 2025-L-036 | CRIMINAL LAW - Endangering Children; sentencing factors; risk of recidivism; law-abiding life; refused to make finding; outcome would not have been different. | M. Lynch | Lake |
9/22/2025
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9/22/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4421 |
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L. Bryan Carr Co., L.P.A. v. LaForge
| 2025-G-0008 | FINAL APPEALABLE ORDERS - law of the case; final judgment of foreclosure; liabilities/obligations of the parties; dismiss appeal; confirmation of sale; vacate. | M. Lynch | Geauga |
9/22/2025
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9/22/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4419 |
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Donald Sullivan, L.L.C. v. Core Civic-Corp.
| 2025-A-0030 | EXTRAORDINARY WRIT - writ of mandamus; R.C. 149.43; public records request; incomprehensible request; complaint dismissed. | Per Curiam | Ashtabula |
9/22/2025
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9/22/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4418 |
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State v. Siniff
| 2025-G-0011 | CRIMINAL LAW – financial sanction; ineffective assistance of trial counsel; affidavit of indigency; not mandatory fine; R.C. 2929.18; consideration of offender’s present and future ability to pay; R.C. 2929.19; not clearly and convincingly contrary to law; clerical error; nunc pro tunc judgment entry. | Eklund | Geauga |
9/15/2025
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9/15/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4327 |
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State v. Karpovitch
| 2024-L-064, 2024-L-065 | CRIMINAL - felony sentencing; consecutive sentences; R.C. 2929.14(C)(4); necessity and proportionality; pending cases; aggregate sentence; judicial bias; due process; Reagan Tokes notifications; R.C. 2929.144(C); indefinite sentencing; maximum terms | S. Lynch | Lake |
9/15/2025
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9/15/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4323 |
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State v. Gardjulis
| 2024-L-066 | CRIMINAL LAW - speedy trial; R.C. 2945.71; original charge later reduced by indictment on lesser offense resets the speedy trial timeline. | Patton | Lake |
9/15/2025
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9/15/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4324 |
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Kamp v. Figuero
| 2024-L-090 | CIVIL LAW - civil stalking protection order ("CSPO"); consent order; R.C. 2903.211. | Patton | Lake |
9/15/2025
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9/15/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4325 |
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State v. Miller
| 2025-P-0022 | CRIMINAL - motion to suppress; operating a vehicle while intoxicated; reasonable suspicion; probable cause; field sobriety tests; HGN test; optokinetic nystagmus; walk and turn test; trier of fact; credibility of witnesses | S. Lynch | Portage |
9/15/2025
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9/15/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4328 |
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In re M.E.B.
| 2024-T-0107 | APPELLATE REVIEW - interlocutory order; R.C. 2505.02; Sup.R. 76; appeal dismissed for lack of final appealable order. | Patton | Trumbull |
9/15/2025
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9/15/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4326 |
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State v. Ison
| 2024-T-0094 | CRIMINAL - competence to stand trial; competency hearing; "raising" competence; maintaining defense; indicia of incompetence; mental health diagnosis; sufficiency of the evidence; trespass in a habitation; stealth; force; merger; allied offenses; aggravated robbery; felonious assault; separate and identifiable harm; consecutive sentences; proportionality analysis; criminal history; omnibus sentences; violent offender classification | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3193 |
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Cuyahoga Lakefront Land, L.L.C. v. Trumbull Cty. Bd. of Revision
| 2024-T-0106 | ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL - Ohio Board of Tax Appeals; valuation complaint; board of revision; expert appraisal; failure to account for value of buildings; reasonable and lawful; credibility and weight; abuse of discretion; burden-shifting. | Eklund | Trumbull |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3194 |
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Shafer Industrial Servs., Inc. v. A & M Towing & Road Serv., Inc.
| 2025-T-0002 | CIVIL - replevin; breach of contract; mechanic's lien; weight of the evidence; mitigation of damages; evidence of settlement offer; Evid.R. 408 | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3197 |
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In re A.W.
| 2025-T-0011 | JUVENILE – Dependency; motion for custody of adjudicated dependent minor; objection to magistrate’s decision; trial court sustained objection; trial court applied incorrect legal standard by determining that father’s wish to parent was controlling standard; father implicitly deemed unsuitable; fundamental inquiry is whether custody with a previously adjudicated parent is in the best interest of the child; trial court erred in determining that placement with father was in minor child’s best interest. | Eklund | Trumbull |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3198 |
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Kovacic v. Wickliffe
| 2025-L-028 | CIVIL - defamation; motion to dismiss; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); Civ.R. 10(C); statute of limitations; R.C. 2305.11(A); amended complaint; Civ.R. 15(C); Civ.R. 15(D); principle of party presentation. | Lucci | Lake |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3195 |
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Marts v. Marts
| 2025-P-0004 | DOMESTIC RELATIONS - residential parent; parental rights; abuse of discretion; arbitrary; best interest; factual finding; relocation out of country; ties to community; relationship with parents; magistrate's decision; objections; independent review | S. Lynch | Portage |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3196 |
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State v. Cameron
| 2024-A-0103 | CRIMINAL - sentencing; allied offenses of similar import; domestic violence; felonious assault; single act; single animus; same harm; concurrent sentences; merged offenses. | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3192 |
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State v. Chuppa
| 2025-L-009 | CRIMINAL LAW – motion to suppress; mixed questions of law and fact; controlled buy of narcotics; investigatory stop of vehicle; officer had reasonable suspicion to conduct stop; probable cause to believe the vehicle contained drugs; automobile exception; statements to police were not “fruit of the poisonous tree.” | Patton | Lake |
9/2/2025
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9/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3117 |
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State v. Anderson
| 2025-L-012 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF – R.C. 2953.21; abuse of discretion; ineffective assistance of counsel; res judicata; direct appeal; not entitled to hearing. | Patton | Lake |
9/2/2025
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9/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3118 |
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State v. Reynoso
| 2025-L-019, 2025-L-020 | CRIMINAL LAW - restitution; automobile accident; damage; victim's car totaled; no estimate of vehicle's value; receipts for rental vehicles provided to court; receipts not submitted into evidence; court not limited to rules of evidence in a restitution hearing; no evidence to review; reverse. | Lucci | Lake |
9/2/2025
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9/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3119 |
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State v. Talbert
| 2024-T-0081 | CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing; transitional control program; R.C. 2967.26; clearly and convincingly contrary to law; R.C. 2953.08(G)(2); not part of criminal sentence; R.C. 2929.01; R.C. 2929.19; judiciary’s power is to impose a sentence authorized by law; disapproval permitted when offender is serving a prison term of less than one year; promotion of effective rehabilitation; R.C. 2929.11. | Eklund | Trumbull |
9/2/2025
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9/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3116 |
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State v. Robinson
| 2025-T-0044 | APPELLATE REVIEW - R.C. 2953.02; in criminal cases, court of appeals only has jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a judgment or final order which amounts to disposition of the cause; appellant has not been convicted and sentenced; lack of jurisdiction. | Lucci | Trumbull |
9/2/2025
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9/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3120 |
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State v. Hameed
| 2024-T-0103 | CRIMINAL LAW - aggravated murder; counsel retained one week prior to trial; failure to request continuance was not ineffective assistance; failure to request jury instruction was tactical decision; plain error review; inferior-degree offense; voluntary manslaughter; sudden passion or fit of rage; self-defense. | M. Lynch | Trumbull |
8/25/2025
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8/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3029 |
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State v. Heald
| 2025-L-010 | CRIMINAL – Strangulation; Domestic Violence; Violating a Protection Order; manifest weight of the evidence; merger; Strangulation conviction did not merge with Domestic Violence Conviction where harm to leg and throat were separate and identifiable; failure to object to apparent error in verdict form waives all but plain error; trial court rectified error in the form and instructed jury to continue deliberations. | Eklund | Lake |
8/25/2025
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8/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3031 |
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State v. Wallace
| 2025-L-013 | CRIMINAL LAW - bench trial; domestic violence; recorded statement to police; hearsay; Evid.R. 801; business record; Evid.R. 803(6); hearsay within hearsay; Evid.R. 805; recorded recollection; Evid.R. 803(5); error not harmless; double jeopardy; retrial not barred. | Eklund | Lake |
8/25/2025
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8/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3032 |
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Smirnova v. Flannery & Georgalis, L.L.C.
| 2025-L-078 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A); thirty-day rule; Civ.R. 58(B); untimely appeal. | Eklund | Lake |
8/25/2025
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8/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3033 |
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In re O.P.
| 2025-A-0008 | JUVENILE - disposition of dependent child; R.C. 2151.353(A); temporary custody to agency; legal custody to parent; best interest factors; R.C. 3109.04; findings supported by the record. | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
8/25/2025
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8/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3030 |
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State v. Frasure
| 2024-A-0049, 2024-A-0050 | CRIMINAL - Operating a Vehicle Impaired ("OVI"); R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)(h); trespass; R.C. 2911.12(B); Anders brief; guilty plea; Crim.R. 11; felony sentencing | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2922 |
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State v. Hall
| 2024-A-0105 | CRIMINAL LAW - Anders v. California; wholly frivolous appeal; indefinite sentence; stipulated sentence; authorized by law; not subject to appellate review; R.C. 2953.08(D)(1). | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2923 |
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Johnson v. Reynolds
| 2025-A-0022 | EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - petition for writ of habeas corpus; jurisdiction of sentencing court; jurisdiction of appellate court; discretionary appeal to Ohio Supreme Court is an adequate remedy at law. | Per Curiam | Ashtabula |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2929 |
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State v. Diaz
| 2024-L-077 | CRIMINAL LAW - sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; complicity to commit burglary; circumstantial evidence; solicit; procure; permanent or temporary habitation. | M. Lynch | Lake |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2924 |
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J&S Motors, L.L.C. v. Hendking
| 2024-L-088 | CIVIL - small claims; magistrate decision; preponderance of the evidence; objections; transcript; admission of evidence; claims raised on appeal; legal authorities; App.R. 16(A)(7). | M. Lynch | Lake |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2925 |
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Sharp v. Richmond
| 2024-L-094 | CHILD CUSTODY - magistrate's decision; termination of shared parenting plan; objections; transcript; best interest factors; trial court; independent review. | M. Lynch | Lake |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2926 |
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Johnson v. TKP Auto Sales, Inc.
| 2025-L-011 | CIVIL - small claims; use motor vehicle; express warranty; R.C. 1302.26(A)(1); "as is"; R.C. 1302.29(C)(1); revocation of acceptance | S. Lynch | Lake |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2930 |
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State ex rel. Oatman v. DeLeone
| 2025-L-058 | EXTRAORDINARY WRIT - mandamus; juvenile court; child support order; Civ.R. 12(B)(6) motion to dismiss; compliance with R.C. 2731.04; request to correct caption; adequate remedy at law; mootness; already ruled on pending motions; improper raising of additional claims. | Per Curiam | Lake |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2931 |
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In re M.S.H.
| 2025-L-069 | JURISDICTION - termination of parental rights; juvenile; civil case; untimely; Civ.R. 58(B) requirements met; no ability to enlarge time; appeal dismissed. | Lucci | Lake |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2932 |
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State v. Jones
| 2024-P-0082 | CRIMINAL LAW – public indecency; R.C. 2907.09(A)(1)(2); sufficiency; manifest weight; ineffective assistance of counsel. | Patton | Portage |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2928 |
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