Cases
Employment
Constitutional Cases: Newcomb v. Hostetler Catering, Inc. (5th Distr. 2007), 2007 WL 210946, 153 Lab.Cas. P 60,348, 25 IER Cases 1097, 2007 -Ohio- 361 (public policy wrongful discharge action when employee fired for determining lawfulness of changing pay rates to bonus plan)
Williams v. Case W. Res. Univ. (8th Distr. 2006), 2006 WL 3378427, 2006 -Ohio- 6190 (reversed summary judgment when professor discharged in violation of three year employment agreement when funding runs out)
Sicklesmith v. Chester Hoist (7th Distr. 2006), 169 Ohio App.3d 470, 863 N.E.2d 677 (upholding $270,000 disability discrimination verdict)
Houston v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of America (6th Cir., 2007), 2007 WL 2171254 (long term disability reversal
finding in favor of client based on LTD carrier switching denial rationale
arbitrary
capricious st
ard does not give total deference)
Ross v. Campbell Soup Company, 237 F.3d 701 (6th Cir. 2001) (establishing precedent in disability/perceived disability
isolated v. direct evidence analysis) (resulting in settlement)
Bray v. Metro Cable Comm. Inc. (employment discrimination race case, jury verdict of $71,000 for retaliatory discharge) (United States District Court, N. District, Oct. 1995)
Tersigni, et. al. v. General Tire, employment at will exception case utilizing employee h
book under implied contract
promissory estoppel theories (91 Ohio App.3d 757
9th Distr. 1993) (on rem
, judgment of $108,000.00 for discharged employee for bumping rights implied contract breach)
Brown v. General Tire, Court of Common Pleas, Summit County, Ohio, 1995
Patterson v. Schwebel (Employment at will/promissory estoppel issues
Court of Appeals held reliance element of promissory estoppel theory satisfied) (Court of Appeals, Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Tutela v. Carney, et. al. (enjoined employment termination of superintendent by Clevel
School Board
First Amendment issues) (United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, 1989)
Watson v. United States of America (Federal Torts Claim Act) ($121,000.00 judgment) (U.S. District Court, 1989)
Miller v. Hollenden House (Age Discrimination in Employment, jury trial
judgment in favor of discharged plaintiff) (United States District Court, 1986)
Palmer v. Kaiser Health Foundation (employment at will cause of action
invalid non-disclosure
non-application clauses
settlement agreements, sanctions against employer) (Court of Appeals, Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Picha v. City of Parma, et. al. (represented terminated city employee in political discharge/1st Amendment case, allegiance
activities for former mayor) (United States District Court, 1993
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, two appeals, 1992, 1994)
Fair Housing: McDonald v. Button (Montg. Cty. 2009), $247,000 jury trial verdict (sexual harassment in housing/employment)
Ohio Civil Rights Comm., et. al. v. AMHA (9th Distr. 2006), 170 Ohio App.3d 283 (racial harassment/hostile environment in housing) (rev'd on appeal)
Brown, et. al. v. Lancaster (April 2000) (precedent setting religious discrimination case, trial
damage award) (United States District Court - Columbus, Ohio)
Walker, et. al. v. Crawford, (trial
damage award total of $500,000 in sex discrimination fair housing case, 1999) (United States District Court) (multiple plaintiffs/co-counsel)
Grant v. Papiernik, 136 Ohio App.3d 233, 736 N.E.2d 484 (Ohio App. 11 Dist. 1999) (race discrimination in housing case, jury verdict
award) (January 1997) (Trumbull County)
O.C.R.C., Johnson
Gardner v. Eisenberg (trial
damage verdict in fair housing race case - race) (January 1996)
Cennamo v. Deem (5th Distr. 2002), 2002 WL 31873792, 2002 -Ohio- 7189 (sexual harassment/hostile environment in housing)
Crimi, et. al. v. Samir Rofail
Crown Apartments (injunction, trial - fair housing/family status case, permanent injunction, damages, incorporating federal
new Ohio fair housing law) (United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, 1995)
McGill v. Bellissimo (l
mark fair housing sexual discrimination verdict
incorporates sexual harassment
hostile environment theories
$75,000.00 jury verdict) (United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, 1994)
Fair Housing Advocates Ass'n, Inc. v. City of Richmond Heights, Ohio, 209 F.3d 626 (Sixth Cir. 2000) (challenge to occupancy ordinance of municipality)
Drayton, et. al. v. Ellacott Parkway Apartments (fair housing action
consent decree for family status violation, requirement of l
lord to build playground) (United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, 1992)
Brooks v. Center Park Associates, 33 F.3d 585 (6th Cir. 1994) (reversal of attorneys fees award to prevailing defendant (appellate level only)
United States v. Parklane (resolution of long st
ing pattern
practice fair housing discrimination case with Justice Department resulting in $150,000.00 settlement fund, monitoring
affirmative relief ) (United States District Court, 1994)
Fair Housing Advocates Association v. Partridge Run (dismissal of counterclaims against fair housing organization
consent decree on core claims) (United States District Court, N. District, Ohio, 1995)
United States v. Bella Dora Management (pattern
practice fair housing action
consent decree re organizational damages to fair housing organization, affirmative relief
monitoring) (United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, 1992)
Fair Housing Contact Services v. Record Courier Newspaper
Fair Housing Contact Services v. West Side Leader Newspaper (represented local fair housing organization as plaintiff in discriminatory advertising fair housing cases) (United States District Court, 1992)
Barron v. Golen, (fair housing intimidation/coercion action, Title VIII §3617, 42 U.S.C. Section 1981) ($100,000.00 judgment in favor of plaintiff relating to racial intimidation
harassment) (United States District Court, 1990).
