FIRST DISTRICT

COURT OF APPEALS

        

THESE SUMMARIES ARE NEITHER APPROVED IN ADVANCE NOR ENDORSED BY THE COURT.  THEY ARE NOT HEADNOTES OR SYLLABI.  INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD OBTAIN COPIES OF THE ACTUAL DECISIONS FROM THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF APPEALS.

 

DATE: Wednesday, December 10, 2025

CAPTION: LITTLEJOHN V. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, OHIO COUNCIL 8, AFL-CIO

APPEAL NO.: C-250020

TRIAL NO.: A-2403410

KEY WORDS: STATE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BOARD — EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION — COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT — UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE 

SUMMARY: The trial court did not err by dismissing plaintiff’s complaint, which essentially alleged an unfair labor practice, because the State Employment Relations Board (“SERB”) had exclusive jurisdiction to hear her claim, and where SERB dismissed her unfair labor practice charge for lack of probable cause, plaintiff cannot appeal that decision to the court of common pleas.

JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED 

JUDGES: OPINION by NESTOR, J.; ZAYAS, P.J., and MOORE, J., CONCUR.