The Seventh District Court of Appeals Clarifies Ohio’s Dormant Mineral Act
Attorney Michael J. Matasich provides the following case law update: The Seventh District Court of Appeals recently decided Dodd v. Croskey, Case No. 12 HA 6, further clarifying the operation of Ohio’s...
View ArticleOhio Supreme Court Rules on Deed Restriction Case
Attorney Frederick M. Lombardi provides the following update on a recent Ohio Supreme Court decision: In Cincinnati School Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. Connors, 2012-Ohio-2447, the Ohio Supreme Court, on June...
View ArticleCourt of Appeals Torpedoes the Navy’s Case! But is Metcalf Ship-Shape?
Attorney John Swansinger first reported on the perils of relying on pre-bid information from the government in this post discussing Metcalf Construction Company, Inc. v United States Fed Cir. App. Case...
View ArticleSeventh District Enforces Arbitration Clause in Oil and Gas Leases
Buckingham’s oil and gas team was victorious in two appeals recently decided by the Seventh District Court of Appeals concerning the enforceability of arbitration clauses in oil and gas leases. The...
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Subordination by Subcontractors: “Flow Down” Clause
In KeyBank National Association v. Southwest Greens of Ohio, LLC, the Tenth District, Franklin County Court of Appeals (988 NE 2nd 32, March 29, 2013), held that a so-called “flow down” clause...
View ArticleFifth District Court of Appeals Adopts Majority Approach to Waiver of...
In Westfield Ins. Group v. Affinia Dev. LLC, 2012-Ohio-5348 (Nov. 14, 2012), the Fifth District Court of Appeals, Knox County, adopted the majority approach under Ohio law with respect to whether the...
View ArticleEighth District Court of Appeals Issues Guidance on Real Estate Tax Complaint...
The Eighth District Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, in four separate cases, ruled on a variety of procedural points with regard to real estate valuation appeals: 1. In Berea City School...
View ArticleOhio Supreme Court Issues Decision on Jurisdictional Defect in Tax Valuation...
Attorney Frederick M. Lombardi provides the following update on a recent decision by the Ohio Supreme Court: The Ohio Supreme Court, in Shinkle v. Ashtabula Cty. Bd. of Revision, 2013-Ohio-397...
View ArticleOhio Supreme Court Holds That Landlord Owes a Duty to a Tenant’s Guest to...
Attorney Frederick M. Lombardi provides the following update on an Ohio Supreme Court case concerning landlord liability: On February 12, 2014, the Ohio Supreme Court in the case of Mann v. Northgate...
View ArticleOral Representations in an “As-Is” Sale
Attorney Frederick M. Lombardi provides the following update on a recent decision involving an “as-is” sale of real estate: In an “as is” sale by a receiver, where the receiver orally represented to...
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