Divided Ohio High Court Says Appeals Court Should Decide Who Signed Agreement

(May 14, 2018, 10:45 AM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 5-2 Ohio Supreme Court on May 3 ordered an appeals panel to consider if a trial court judge erred after granting a nursing home facility’s second motion to compel arbitration based on newly discovered evidence, holding that the administrator of the estate’s first appeal was not subject to the law of the case doctrine because the second appeal stemmed from a different issue (Nathan Giancola v. Haitham Mouaid Azem, et al., No. 2016-1584, Ohio Sup., 2018 Ohio LEXIS 1099)....