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The Close Corporation Under Ohio Law, Forrest B. Weinberg Jan 1987

The Close Corporation Under Ohio Law, Forrest B. Weinberg

Cleveland State Law Review

Section 1701.591 of the Ohio Revised Code is Ohio's close corporation law. It provides, through the use of a "close corporation agreement," the mechanism, first, for implementing unprecedented informality in the functioning of a close corporation and, second, for establishing a legal relationship among the shareholders that is essentially the same as that provided by law for members of a partnership. The new law will have the major impact it deserves only as the result of initiative taken by Ohio attorneys engaged in the formation and ongoing representation of close corporations. It is hoped that this article will help motivate …


The New Intoxication Defense For Ohio Employers, Terry A. Donner Jan 1987

The New Intoxication Defense For Ohio Employers, Terry A. Donner

Cleveland State Law Review

Ohio workers' compensation system has been in a state of emergency for the last two years as labor and business groups battled over a series of employee-oriented Ohio Supreme Court decisions. Labor groups hailed these decisions as the vehicle which would propel Ohio's workers' compensation law into the twentieth century. Conversely, business groups condemned the decisions asserting that they exposed Ohio employers to infinite liability and destroyed Ohio's industrial climate. S.B. 307 has changed the face of Ohio's workers' compensation law by revamping the definition of injury, establishing an intentional tort fund, and creating a new intoxication defense for Ohio …