Knapp v. Ohio Dept. of Health

Citations

• 195 N.E.3d 1131
• 2022 Ohio 3401

Syllabus

Disclosure of a decedent's name, along with the cause of the decedent's death, would reveal the decedent's past physical health status or condition, as well as the identity of the individual. Consequently, the Ohio Department of Health properly refused to respond to a public-records request for a list of individuals who died of COVID-19 pursuant to the exception in R.C. 3701.17(B).