Posted on
May 29, 2015
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Automotive/Transportation
In this issue of “You Auto Know,” Bob Poklar discusses two scenarios. Scenario No. 1 – A vehicle is delivered to a daughter and her elderly mother. After a week the sales manager calls them and states that there is a problem with the paperwork and asks them to return to the dealership with the […]
While you’re busy growing your business, be sure to give some thought to protecting its future. Some points for owners of motor vehicle dealerships to consider in business succession planning. 2015 – YAK – Plan for Business Succession Now – February
The 130th Ohio General Assembly amended and substituted House Bill 318 to amend sections of Ohio law regarding the sale and display of motor vehicles. There are two important amendments addressed in Sections 4517.03(B)(1)(b) and (B)(1)(c) that motor vehicle dealers should be aware of. 2015 – YAK – Offsite Display Law – March
Posted on
February 12, 2015
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Publications
On February 12, 2015, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio held that professional negligence claims sounding in tort by owners against design firms is improper where the action is predicated on conduct arising out of a purported breach of contract and that the economic loss doctrine bars claims by owners […]
Posted on
January 1, 2015
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Nonprofit,
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The new year is a good time to remind charities and their directors of the four basic fiduciary duties owed by a director to the charity in connection with serving on its board of directors: Duty of Care; Duty of Loyalty, Duty of Compliance, and Duty to Oversee Finances. 2015 – The Duties of Charity […]
Disclosures: Recently, I have been reading a flurry of emails from attorneys in other states regarding disclosing the prior history of a vehicle to the consumer prior to, and during the sale of the vehicle. The majority of emails were concerned with the disclosure of the rental history of a vehicle. . . 2014 – You Auto […]
Posted on
October 28, 2014
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Appellate,
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Maestle and Cappel Notch Another Victory for Weston Hurd in the Ohio Supreme Court. In State ex rel. Yeaples v. Gall, Slip Opinion No. 2014 -Ohio-4724, the Ohio Supreme Court agreed with Shawn W. Maestle and Carolyn M. Cappel’s argument that Relator, Donald Yeaples, was not entitled to either a Writ of Mandamus or Procedendo […]
Posted on
October 14, 2014
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Appellate,
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The Ohio Supreme Court Unanimously Agrees with Maestle and Farnan that a Person’s Domicile is the Home to Which the Person Has the Intention of Returning and One’s Domicile is Never Temporary or Transient. 2014 – Ohio Supreme Court Unanimous Decision re Domicile – October