Lam v. Cleveland

Citations

• 167 N.E.3d 124
• 2021 Ohio 205

Syllabus

Cleveland Codified Ordinances 171.57 collective bargaining R.C. 5923.05/military leave pay USERRA home-rule analysis self-government res judicata. The trial court did not err in granting appellee's motion for summary judgment. Appellee's Cleveland Codified Ordinances 171.57 does not operate as an exercise of military power but rather to provide benefits to its employees while on military leave appellant failed to show that under USERRA he was denied a benefit he was entitled to appellant provided no case evidence to support his claim that R.C. 5923.05 was enacted by the General Assembly the trial court's home-rule analysis was proper - the Cleveland Codified Ordinances 171.57 is an exercise of local self-government and appellant's attempt to relitigate claims previously litigated in federal court are barred by the doctrine of res judicata.