OH5: Fire inspector’s violation of city agreement to give notice before inspections warranted his firing

Jeffries complained that he was subjected to arbitrary and invasive fire inspections, and the city agreed to give him prior notice. Lanzer, however, violated that agreement and was fired by the city. “However, as stated above, the City of Louisville had made assurances to Mr. Jeffries that he would receive prior notice before any further/additional inspections were conducted, and that did not happen. From the record it appears that Mr. Jeffries is a valued, local businessman and constituent, and that City Council terminated Appellant for breaking the promises which had been made to Mr. Jeffries. We find that such grounds are sufficient to terminate Appellant’s at-will employment.” Lanzer v. City of Louisville, 2016-Ohio-8071, 2016 Ohio App. LEXIS 4933 (5th Dist. Dec. 5, 2016).

“Here, based on the totality of the circumstances, we find Trooper Malone had a reasonable articulable suspicion to prolong the traffic stop and require appellant to exit the vehicle so the trooper could continue her investigation into whether appellant was fit to drive or was, in fact, impaired.” Defendant, however, refused to let the officer finish the pat down when she felt a potential weapon, and he jumped in his car and fled. State v. Steed, 2016-Ohio-8088, 2016 Ohio App. LEXIS 4946 (6th Dist. Dec. 9, 2016).*