Newman v. Univ. of Dayton

Citations

• 172 N.E.3d 1122
• 2021 Ohio 1609

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in finding nearly all of appellant's claims against his former employer and its named employees (the employer defendants) barred by res judicata. A federal court previously dismissed appellant's identical or substantially similar claims against the same and/or similarly-situated defendants on the basis of judicial estoppel. That prior judgment precluded appellant from pursuing such claims in this state court action. The trial court correctly concluded that the claims against the employer defendants not barred by res judicata were barred by the judicial privilege doctrine. Also, the trial court did not err by dismissing appellant's claims against the employer's outside counsel. The claims were barred by either judicial privilege or res judicata. Finally, appellant's motion to disqualify outside counsel is moot. Judgments affirmed.