By Michael P. Byrne On March 16, 2021, Governor DeWine signed into law Senate Bill 13 which has four significant implications on civil causes of action in Ohio; the creation of a statute of repose for legal malpractice actions, a shortened statute of limitations for causes of action based on contracts, the creation of a statute […]
By Joseph F. Nicholas, Jr. Throughout the country and due to the impacts of the current COVID-19 pandemic, business owners are presenting business interruption claims to their commercial insurance carriers. With fair regularity, insurers are denying these claims based upon a “Virus Exclusion” within the insured’s policy. These claim denials then are being made the […]
On January 12, 2021, Governor DeWine signed into law H.B. 352 (the “Employment Law Uniformity Act”) which makes overdue changes and provides long-awaited clarifications to Ohio’s employment discrimination statutes. Subject to two exceptions described below, an employee who wishes to pursue a claim for employment discrimination will now be required to exhaust administrative remedies by […]
Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that several attorneys have been selected to the 2021 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. In the firm’s Cleveland office, John McLandrich, and Frank Scialdone earned Super Lawyer honors. Each year, no more than five percent of lawyers in the state are named to […]
Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co. L.P.A. (MRR) has been recognized in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings for 2021. The Ohio-based law firm received both national and regional Tier 3 rankings for Transportation Law, as well as regional rankings for other areas of practice. Law Firms that are ranked by U.S. […]
MRR Partner and Civil Rights Law expert, Todd M. Raskin, has defended civil rights claims for more than 30 years. In this week’s Super Lawyers® article “Defending a Municipality from Section 1983 Lawsuits,” he explains what municipalities should know about defending Section 1983 lawsuits and how civil rights claims proceed in Ohio. Passed as a […]
Ohio H.B. 606 became law effective September 14, 2020. Equally important, the new law’s protections have been made retroactive to March 9, 2020 – the date of Governor Mike DeWine’s first Executive Order relating to the pandemic. The law provides businesses, schools and health care workers relatively broad and comprehensive civil immunity from liability for […]
By: Ryan Bockmuller Recently, the Ohio Legislature has introduced a number of police reform bills which, if passed, could materially impact the provision of police services in the State of Ohio. House Bill 706, introduced by Rep. Erica Crawly (D – Dist. 26) and Rep. Thomas West (D – Dist. 49), seeks to enact R.C. […]
By Cara Wright On June 24, 2020, the Ohio First District Court of Appeals held in Acuity v. Masters Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-190176, 2020-Ohio-3440 that an insurer has a duty to defend an insured pharmaceutical distributor in lawsuits brought by governmental entities for costs incurred combating the opioid epidemic. This declaratory judgment […]