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Harnessing The Hired Guns: The Substantive Nature Of Ohio Revised Code 2743.43 Under Article Iv, Section 5(B) Of The Ohio Constitution, Patrick Vrobel Jan 2008

Harnessing The Hired Guns: The Substantive Nature Of Ohio Revised Code 2743.43 Under Article Iv, Section 5(B) Of The Ohio Constitution, Patrick Vrobel

Journal of Law and Health

Under Article IV, Section 5(B), rules of procedure that impact the substantive rights of Ohio citizens are considered far too important to be encroached upon by the judiciary. Rules affecting substantive rights, therefore, have been expressly delegated to the legislature. Because rules that regulate the competency of medical experts inevitably encroach upon the ability of a tort victim to seek redress in a court of law, such rules impact substantive rights in very real and tangible ways. As a result, the medical expert statute must control. To find otherwise would permit the judiciary to encroach upon the substantive rights of …


Ohio's Ban On Municipal Residency Requirements: Can The Employee Welfare Provisions Of The Ohio Constitution Protect The Ban From Home Rule Challenges, Brenda A. Sweet Jan 2008

Ohio's Ban On Municipal Residency Requirements: Can The Employee Welfare Provisions Of The Ohio Constitution Protect The Ban From Home Rule Challenges, Brenda A. Sweet

Cleveland State Law Review

This Note argues that the Ohio Revised Code prohibition of residency requirements does not qualify as legislation for the "comfort, health, safety and welfare of all employees" since the law improperly attempts to control conditions for employment, rather than conditions of employment, and that the Supreme Court of Ohio has previously, improperly interpreted the employee welfare provision and should more narrowly construe, if not reverse, its holding in Rocky River IV. Part II addresses residency requirements in the city of Cleveland and describes the current litigation in which the city is involved. Part III provides a background of the four …