Scott v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr.

Citations

• 215 N.E.3d 1
• 2023 Ohio 1647

Syllabus

Court of Claims judgment expressly overruling the appellant's objections to a magistrate's decision, adopting the magistrate's decision, and rendering judgment is a final appealable order under Civ.R. 52(D)(4)(d). Appellant's claim of defamation against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (\ODRC\) was properly rejected by the Court of Claims where he failed to provide a transcript or affidavit to support his objections to a magistrate's decision in favor of ODRC and the magistrate's findings of fact, accepted as true, showed sufficient circumstantial evidence implicating appellant's involvement in a prison drug ring to support ODRC's qualified privilege defense and defeat appellant's attempt to establish actual malice. Judgment affirmed.