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Wilberforce Univ. v. Project One Globe, L.L.C.
| 2026-CA-2 | Appellant’s filings with the trial court constituted an appearance in appellee’s civil action for purposes of Civ.R. 55(A), so the trial court erred in granting default judgment against appellant without providing the seven-day notice and hearing required under the rule. Judgment reversed and remanded. | Huffman | Greene |
10/9/2026
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10/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3987 |
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State v. Pate
| 30755 | The trial court correctly applied this court’s holding in State v. Matosky, 2025-Ohio-5658 (2d Dist.), in dismissing appellee’s felony charge of carrying concealed weapons in violation of R.C. 2923.12(A)(2). Per Matosky, the age-based restriction that renders 18- to 20-year-old adults subject to prosecution under R.C. 2923.12(A)(2) is unconstitutional as applied to the 19-year-old appellee. Judgment affirmed. | Hanseman | Montgomery |
10/9/2026
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10/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3983 |
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State v. Caceres
| 2026-CA-5 | Trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance by failing to challenge the constitutionality of R.C. 2923.16(B). Judgment affirmed. | Huffman | Clark |
10/9/2026
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10/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3980 |
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Lesko v. Greene Cty. Bd. of Commrs.
| 2026-CA-25 | The trial court did not err in denying summary judgment to political subdivision on its claim to immunity under Revised Code Chapter 2744 for a sewer water intrusion into appellees’ home. The political subdivision may be liable for the negligent maintenance, destruction, operation, and upkeep of its sewer line. Appellees’ underlying negligence claim is beyond the scope of this interlocutory appeal of the denial of political subdivision immunity, but even if the claim could be considered, genuine issues of material fact remain concerning negligence. The political subdivision’s routine decisions regarding the sewer line’s maintenance are not the type of discretionary acts that reinstate immunity under R.C. 2744.03(A)(5). The trial court erred in denying summary judgment to sanitary engineering department director. As a political subdivision employee, director is generally immune from liability, and there is no genuine issue of material fact that director did not act with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner in his administration of the political subdivision department responsible for maintaining the sewer line. Judgment affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. | Hanseman | Greene |
10/9/2026
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10/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3982 |
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State v. Walters
| 2025-CA-47 | Appellant did not validly waive his right to counsel before his trial for misdemeanor telecommunications harassment. The remedy for the invalid waiver is to vacate appellant’s term of incarceration. Judgment affirmed as modified. | Epley | Miami |
10/9/2026
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10/9/2026
| 2026-Ohio-3986 |
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