CINCINNATI, OH — Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Susan J. Dlott dismissed a federal lawsuit filed by Professor Nicholas Meriwether against Shawnee State University. Meriwether claimed that Shawnee State violated his alleged First Amendment rights...
The Family of Darnell Wicker has agreed to a $1.25 million settlement in a case where they challenged the fatal shooting of Darnell Wicker by LMPD officers. Darnell was holding a tree pruning saw on August 8, 2016 when he was shot in the doorway...
January 22, 2020. Today Judge Robert Ruehlman denied the motion to dismiss the Plush family’s lawsuit against the City of Cincinnati and the two 9-1-1 call takers and police officers who recklessly failed to rescue Kyle after he called...
We are proud that four of the Cincinnati Enquirer’s 20 top stories from the last decade include Gerhardstein & Branch clients. Jim Obergefell and John Arthur’s case was a story of love. John and Jim came to us in 2015, while John was in...
Cincinnati Ohio. On December 4, 2019 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit seemed skeptical of the appeal filed by Cincinnati Public Schools. We are hopeful CPS will fail in its attempt to dismiss the wrongful death case we filed...
NOVEMBER 13, 2019 DAYTON, Ohio — In a win for abortion access in Ohio, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has granted a license to Women’s Med Center, the last abortion clinic in the Dayton area. After a weeks-long legal battle, the clinic can...
On October 11, 2019 Anthony Lemons was declared a Wrongfully Imprisoned person by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul. He is now able to file for compensation for the time he wrongfully spent in prison. Anthony Lemons was convicted...
On July 23, 2015, Dontae Martin beloved son, brother, spouse, and father was brutally shot in the head and neck 12 times by Montgomery County Sheriff Deputies Joshua Haas and Gust Teague without reason. His mother brought this civil rights case...
A Cincinnati woman who was the victim of a brutal rape and kidnapping was forced to file a Complaint in the Supreme Court of Ohio against the special prosecutor prosecuting the case. Jennifer Kinsley, a lawyer and professor, sought removal of the...
JOSEPH GUGLIELMO AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY REACH SETTLEMENT Joseph Guglielmo has settled his claims against Montgomery County (Ohio) and employees of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office for $5,600,000.00. The case was pending in U.S. District...
The family of Kyle Plush has filed a wrongful death suit in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. The suit details a deteriorating Cincinnati 9-1-1 program in the months leading up to Kyle’s death on April 10, 2018. The City’s reviews of the 9-1-1...
Cincinnati, Ohio. The family of Kyle Plush has filed a wrongful death suit in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. The suit details a deteriorating Cincinnati 9-1-1 program in the months leading up to Kyle’s death on April 10...
