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04/08/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review.

4/8/2026

2026-Ohio-1248

04/08/2026 Case Announcements #2

Mediation matters.

4/8/2026

2026-Ohio-1256

Hoskins v. Cleveland

2023-1344

Political subdivisions—Immunity from suit—R.C. Ch. 2744—No evidence of a physical defect with respect to lifeguard chair or pool area was presented—A decision to use one chair rather than another does not amount to a physical defect on pool grounds under R.C. 2744.02(B)(4)—Exception to political-subdivision immunity in R.C. 2744.02(B)(4) does not apply—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed.

Deters, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1225

4/8/2026

2026-Ohio-1225

Columbus Bar Assn. v. Armengau

2019-0500

Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Respondent’s objections to findings of misconduct made by Board of Professional Conduct, board’s alleged failure to consider certain mitigating evidence, and its recommended sanction overruled—Permanent disbarment.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1230

4/8/2026

2026-Ohio-1230

McIntyre v. May

2025-0974

Habeas corpus—By listing in his affidavit of prior civil actions case filed more than five years earlier, inmate invited court of appeals’ error, if any, in considering whether affidavit failed to comply with R.C. 2969.25(A)(1) and (2)—Court of appeals’ dismissal of petition for noncompliance with affidavit requirement of R.C. 2969.25(A) affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1231

4/8/2026

2026-Ohio-1231

State v. Fips

2023-1001

Criminal law—Fourth Amendment to United States Constitution—Inquiring into a driver’s-license status is reasonable under Fourth Amendment even though the reasonable suspicion that initially justified a traffic stop has been dispelled—Officer was entitled to finish carrying out traffic stop’s mission by ensuring that vehicle was being operated by a properly licensed driver—When an officer discovers facts during a traffic stop that give rise to a reasonable suspicion of additional criminal activity, the officer may extend stop to investigate—Providing a Social Security number after failing to display a driver’s license does not dispel suspicion that the driver is unlicensed—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded.

Deters, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1207

4/7/2026

2026-Ohio-1207

State ex rel. Quinn v. Rastatter

2025-0965

Mandamus—Writ sought to compel rulings on motions pending before trial court—Request for writ granted to extent relator asks that trial-court judge be ordered to rule on motion for leave to file motion for new trial—Request for writ denied to extent relator asks that trial-court judge be ordered to rule on contemporaneously filed motion for new trial, because the two motions must be ruled on sequentially—Because trial-court judge denied the petition for postconviction relief after relator filed this mandamus action, that part of writ request is denied as moot—Writ granted in part and denied in part.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1208

4/7/2026

2026-Ohio-1208

State ex rel. Stokes v. Combs

2025-0973

Mandamus—R.C. 2969.25(A)(2)—To avoid dismissal for failure to comply with R.C. 2969.25(A)(2), an inmate must identify and describe all federal and state civil actions and appeals of civil actions that the inmate filed in the previous five years—Appellant’s affidavit of prior civil actions did not provide the case numbers for three appeals that he stated were filed within the previous five years—State ex rel. Harris v. Trelka followed—Court of appeals’ dismissal of action affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1209

4/7/2026

2026-Ohio-1209

04/07/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

4/7/2026

2026-Ohio-1247

04/03/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

4/3/2026

2026-Ohio-1206

State v. Reed

2024-0522

Criminal law—Crim. R. 8(A) and 14—Crim.R. 8(A) permits offenses of same or similar character to be joined in a single indictment—Crim.R. 14 requires severance if a defendant is prejudiced by joinder—Severance is not required if evidence is simple and direct—In applying simple-and-direct test, the inquiry is on whether the evidence of each offense is separate and direct, whether the evidence is uncomplicated, and whether jury is likely to be confused—Trial court did not abuse its discretion in determining that joinder was not prejudicial, because the evidence was simple and direct—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and trial court’s judgment and sentence reinstated.

DeWine, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1174

4/3/2026

2026-Ohio-1174

State ex rel. Columbus City Schools, Columbus Bd. of Edn.

2025-0922

Workers’ compensation—Mandamus—Temporary-total-disability (“TTD”) compensation—R.C. 4123.56(F)—Industrial Commission failed to fully consider and apply R.C. 4123.56(F) in awarding TTD compensation during summer recess to nine-month school-district employee who had elected to receive her salary prorated over 12 months—State ex rel. Crim v. Bur. of Workers’ Comp. distinguished—Court of appeals’ denial of writ reversed and limited writ issued directing Industrial Commission to vacate its order and to determine employee’s eligibility for TTD compensation during summer recess under R.C. 4123.56(F).

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1175

4/3/2026

2026-Ohio-1175

State ex rel. Sandy v. Spatny

2025-0960

Mandamus—Inmate failed to present clear and convincing evidence demonstrating that he has a clear legal right to receive drug-addiction treatment of his choice or that warden has a clear legal duty to make it available to him—Writ denied.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1176

4/3/2026

2026-Ohio-1176

Disciplinary Counsel v. Rudduck

2025-0203

Judges—Alleged misconduct—Alleged violations of Code of Judicial Conduct based on judge’s personal Facebook activity—Jud.Cond.R. 4.1(A)(3) violates First Amendment to United States Constitution because it is a content-based restriction on political speech and does not satisfy strict scrutiny—Complaint dismissed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1126

4/2/2026

2026-Ohio-1126

State ex rel. Rosnick v. Geauga Cty. Sheriff's Office

2025-0683

Mandamus—Public-records requests—Relator failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that county sheriff’s office possesses records responsive to her public-records request that it has failed to produce—R.C. 149.43 does not prohibit a public office from asserting for the first time in litigation that it does not possess records responsive to a public-records request—Writ and relator’s requests for statutory damages, attorney fees, and court costs denied.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1127

4/2/2026

2026-Ohio-1127

Faith Ranch & Farms Fund, Inc. v. PNC Bank, Natl. Assn.

2023-1475

Contracts—Mineral rights—Oil and gas—Unambiguous reservation clause, taken as a whole, makes clear that grantor did not intend reservation to include oil and gas—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.

Shanahan, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1145

4/2/2026

2026-Ohio-1145

04/02/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

4/2/2026

2026-Ohio-1184

04/01/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.

4/1/2026

2026-Ohio-1157

04/01/2026 Administrative Actions

Administrative actions.

4/1/2026

2026-Ohio-1162

Doe v. Columbus

2024-0056

Appellate jurisdiction—R.C. 2505.02(B)(4)—Under R.C. 2505.02(B)(4), the State of Ohio and its municipalities may immediately appeal orders preliminarily enjoining the enforcement of their duly enacted laws—The State and its municipalities have a sovereign interest in passing and enforcing their duly enacted laws, and a court’s order enjoining operation of such laws causes irreparable injury to that sovereign interest—Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing municipality’s appeal on grounds that trial court’s preliminary-injunction order was not a final order that could be immediately appealed reversed.

Hawkins, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1095

4/1/2026

2026-Ohio-1095

State ex rel. Kent Elastomer Prods., Inc. v. McCloud

2024-1789

Workers’ compensation—Insurance premiums—Adm.Code 4123-17-73—Group-retrospective-rating program—Employer had clear legal right to have Bureau of Workers’ Compensation administer group-retro program under Adm.Code 4123-17-73, and bureau had clear legal duty to do so—Bureau’s authority to return excess surplus under R.C. 4123.321 and Adm.Code 4123-17-10 in form of COVID-19 dividend did not allow it to suspend administering group-retro program under Adm.Code 4123-17-73 for 2018 policy year—Bureau waived its right to assert accord and satisfaction by failing to raise it as an affirmative defense in its answer to employer’s complaint—Court of appeals’ judgment issuing limited writ affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1105

4/1/2026

2026-Ohio-1105

State ex rel. Cook v. Magee

2025-0007

Mandamus—Public records—R.C. 149.43—Relator seeks a writ of mandamus to order production of a record he has been provided access to, so writ would be redundant—Statutory damages denied because record was made available to relator on day he filed his complaint—Writ denied as moot.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1106

4/1/2026

2026-Ohio-1106

State ex rel. Harris v. Starcher

2024-1428

Mandamus—Public-records requests—Relator is not entitled to writ for public records that he has already been provided or that no longer exist—Relator is entitled to statutory damages because respondents failed to produce requested records within reasonable time—Writ denied, relator awarded $2,000 in statutory damages, and relator’s request for costs denied.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1089

3/31/2026

2026-Ohio-1089

State ex rel. Zimmerman v. Avon Lake

2024-1711

Mandamus—Open meetings—R.C. 121.22(C)—Public-records requests—R.C. 149.43—Writ sought to order preparation of minutes for previously held meetings of a committee of a community-improvement corporation and production of those minutes in response to a public-records request—Writ granted ordering preparation and production of the requested minutes for previously held committee meetings at which a majority of its members discussed public business—Relator awarded court costs, and relator’s requests for attorney fees and statutory damages denied.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1090

3/31/2026

2026-Ohio-1090

State ex rel. Whirlpool Corp. v. Rice

2024-1429

Workers’ compensation—Violation of specific safety requirements—Former Adm.Code 4123:1-5-05(C)(3)—Industrial Commission’s factual findings were based on some evidence—Appellant failed to prove that former Adm.Code 4123:1-5-05(C)(3) was misinterpreted or misapplied—Compliance with specific safety requirement was not impossible—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1094

3/31/2026

2026-Ohio-1094

03/31/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions—Disciplinary cases.

3/31/2026

2026-Ohio-1092

Disciplinary Counsel v. Romer

2023-0469

On petition for reinstatement.

3/31/2026

2026-Ohio-1117

In re Resignation of Piergies

2026-0147

Attorneys at law—Resignation with disciplinary action pending—Gov.Bar R. VI(11)(C).

3/31/2026

2026-Ohio-1118

03/31/2026 Case Announcements #2

Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.

3/31/2026

2026-Ohio-1123

03/31/2026 Administrative Actions

Administrative actions.

3/31/2026

2026-Ohio-1125

03/30/2026 Case Announcements

Official versions released.

3/30/2026

2026-Ohio-1091

In re Graham

2026-0356

On certified entry of felony conviction.

3/27/2026

2026-Ohio-1065

03/27/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.

3/27/2026

2026-Ohio-1068

03/27/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

3/27/2026

2026-Ohio-1069

03/27/2026 Case Announcements #3

Merit decisions with opinions.

3/27/2026

2026-Ohio-1086

03/27/2026 Case Announcements #4

Motion and procedural rulings.

3/27/2026

2026-Ohio-1093

State ex rel. Dunn v. Delaware Cty. Bd. of Elections

2026-0270

Elections—Mandamus—Writ sought to compel board of elections to hold hearing in accordance with R.C. 3501.39 and 3503.24—Rule of necessity requires board members to hear elector’s protest and challenge against candidate despite board members’ concerns that their participation in matter could convey a perception of bias—Writ granted.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1084

3/27/2026

2026-Ohio-1084

03/26/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings.

3/26/2026

2026-Ohio-1028

03/26/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

3/26/2026

2026-Ohio-1029

03/26/2026 Case Announcements #3

Motion and procedural rulings.

3/26/2026

2026-Ohio-1067

03/25/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.

3/25/2026

2026-Ohio-1006

03/25/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

3/25/2026

2026-Ohio-1023

03/25/2026 Case Announcements #3

Motion and procedural rulings.

3/25/2026

2026-Ohio-1026

03/24/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings—Mediation matters.

3/24/2026

2026-Ohio-992

03/24/2026 Case Announcements #2

Merit decisions with opinions.

3/24/2026

2026-Ohio-994

State ex rel. Hicks v. Clermont Cty. Bd. of Elections

2026-0231

Elections—Mandamus—Writ sought to compel board of elections to hold hearing under R.C. 3513.05—Relator failed to establish a clear legal right to a mandatory hearing or board’s corresponding clear legal duty to hold such a hearing because his request did not constitute a valid protest under R.C. 3513.05—A hearing on relator’s request would be in vain as it would not result in candidate’s removal from primary-election ballot—Writ denied.

Hawkins, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-993

3/24/2026

2026-Ohio-993

03/23/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings.

3/23/2026

2026-Ohio-970

03/23/2026 Case Announcements #2

Appeals not accepted for review.

3/23/2026

2026-Ohio-971

Cleveland Metro. Bar Assn. v. Hummel

2026-0216

On certification of default.

3/20/2026

2026-Ohio-944

Disciplinary Counsel v. McNamara

2026-0217

On certification of default.

3/20/2026

2026-Ohio-945