Court Filings

The Fourth District Court of Appeals reviewed Husband Darrell L. Nichols Jr.’s appeal from a Pike County domestic relations judgment resolving competing post-divorce motions. The court overruled Husband’s challenges to the denial of a continuance and to alleged improper service, finding service at the 2060 Schuster Road address and Husband’s participation made the hearing proper. However, the court concluded the trial court exceeded its authority by revaluing and redistributing two specific vehicles (a 2007 Toyota Tacoma and a 2005 Subaru Impreza) after the original decree had ordered all listed vehicles sold and proceeds divided. The judgment is therefore reversed in part and remanded for further proceedings on those vehicles.

The Ohio Supreme Court reversed the Tenth District and issued a limited writ directing the Industrial Commission to vacate its order and reconsider whether a nine-month Columbus City Schools speech therapist, who elected stretch pay but was not scheduled to work over the summer, was eligible for temporary-total-disability (TTD) benefits during the 2022 summer recess. The Court held the Commission failed to properly apply R.C. 4123.56(F), which requires assessment of whether an employee’s inability to work or wage loss is the direct result of an impairment from an allowed injury or instead the direct result of reasons unrelated to that injury. The case was remanded for the Commission to apply R.C. 4123.56(F) and determine eligibility.