DAILY COURT REPORTER A Newspaper of General Circulation within The Miami Valley Established 1917 Devoted to General, Political, Religious, Social, Business & Legal Events of the Day Vol.150-No. 10 Fax 419-470-8602 DAYTON, OHIO FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020 (066 ) Phone 937-222-6000 1 dollar Periodicals ABA, US Department of Woman who cashed dead mother’s workers’ Postage Paid Toledo, OH Education settles student comp checks ordered to pay restitution In our editions... Court Calendars Supreme Court of Ohio KEITH ARNOLD BWC Administrator/CEO Stephanie Ltd., pleaded guilty Jan. loan forgiveness case Court of Appeals Daily Reporter Staff Writer McCloud. 21 in Franklin County to an Bankruptcies BWC’s Special Investigations amended charge of theft, a The United States Department Common Pleas Court The conviction of an Alabama Department found Barney, who was first-degree misdemeanor, of Education has agreed to recognize New Suits, Judges Orders woman who continued to cash her an authorized user on a bank account for operating his busi- Current Business employees who work for the Ameri- dead mother’s workers’ comp checks where her mother’s Bureau of Workers’ nesses without workers’ Domestic Relations Court can Bar Association as public service more than a year after the woman died Compensation benefit payments were compensation coverage. New Suits (Divorces) workers who are eligible for student resulted in the highest-dollar-amount being directly deposited, continued A judge ordered Carmichael to Dissolutions of Marriage loan forgiveness. This settles a 3-year- Judges Orders workers’ compensation fraud convic- to use funds on the account after her pay $14,329 to BWC in restitution. His old lawsuit that accused the depart- Current Business tion earlier this year, according to the mother passed away in January 2017. 180-day jail sentence was suspended ment of improperly administering Probate Court Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensa- She did so until May 2018 • Glenn and Jack Cum- the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Wills & Estates tion. without notifying the BWC, investiga- mings, who operated a program. Guardianships & Trusteeships Patricia Barney, 72, of Semmes, tors found. Dayton business under the Marriage Licenses The department sent a letter Ala. pleaded guilty Jan. 23 in Franklin A judge sentenced Barney to name Cummings Moving Dayton Municipal Court in the middle of last month, Febru- County Court of Common Pleas to a five years of probation in addition to & Storage, owed BWC New Suits ary 18, acknowledging that full-time fifth-degree felony charge of workers’ making restitution. more than $9,600 in pre- Appearance Calls ABA employees are “employed in Judges Orders compensation fraud, resulting in a resti- Other convictions in January miums and penalties after a public service job” with “a public Current Business tution order to the bureau in the amount included: they were convicted of service organization,” and therefore Vandalia Municipal Court of $18,000, the BWC announced in a • Barton Carmichael of operating their business are eligible for student loan forgiveness New Suits press release. Akron, who was operat- without workers’ com- under PSLF. Hearings “Ms. Barney was clearly not ing businesses under the pensation coverage since Recorder’s Office The settlement comes one year the intended recipient of these ben- names Haul Away Con- September 2017. Real Estate Transfers after a federal judge ruled against the efits, and I’m pleased we brought her tainers Inc., Bigdumpster. Vendor’s Licenses Education Department, saying the fraudulent activity to an end,” said com LLC and Wastetran (See CHECKS page 2) Legal Notices department had improperly changed Abstracts terms of the PSLF program for some Sheriff Sale Results men and women who have dedicated Building Permits their careers to public service. On Feb. New report urges nations to use Liens 22, 2019, U.S. District Judge Timothy Invitations to Bid (These listed items appear on a regular J. Kelly ruled that changes to the basis in the Daily Court Reporter but not eligibility requirements, made several targeted sanctions to protect journalists necessarily every day.) years after the program began, were “arbitrary and capricious.” A report published recently by media workers were killed in the last Institute (IBAHRI) (Secretariat to the Kelly ruled in favor of three the High Level Panel of Legal Experts two years, and in 2019, 250 journalists Panel), the CPJ, Reporters without Calendar of Events individual plaintiffs who worked sev- on Media Freedom recommends that around the world were imprisoned ‘for Borders, PEN America, as well as the FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 8 eral years in public service and were governments, including signatories to their work’, including an increasing UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of THE ULTIMATE HOME EXPO initially approved for loan forgiveness, the Global Pledge on Media Freedom, number for allegedly spreading ‘false Expression, David Kaye. It examines Call for times only to be notified years later that the adopt targeted sanctions regimes to news’. the current state of media freedom Dayton Mall approval was retroactively denied by ensure that journalists, media profes- Ms Clooney, commented: ‘Tar- abuses around the world and outlines MARCH 12 -13 the Education Department based on sionals and others engaged in journal- geted sanctions are among the most ef- the importance of sanctions as a tool UNTOLD STORIES new rules. istic activities can carry out their work fective tools in a government’s arsenal to enforce human rights compliance. Thursday & Friday 8 pm - 10 pm University of Dayton “We are pleased the Depart- without harassment, intimidation, false to enforce human rights obligations, The report focuses on three sanctions- ment of Education now fully accepts imprisonment or violent attack. including the obligation to respect free related issues in its analysis and recom- MARCH 16 providing loan forgiveness to many Authored by Amal Clooney, speech and protect the media. It is the mendations that are most relevant in ST. PATRICK’S DAY SLIME people who rightfully earned it,” barrister and Deputy Chair of the High the context of the media, these include: 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm hope of the Panel that governments will Vandalia Recreation Center said ABA Executive Director Jack Level Panel, the Report on the Use of look to the recommendations in this • The appropriate scope of Rives. “Without the dedicated public Targeted Sanctions to Protect Journal- report to curb human rights abuses and human rights abuses that MARCH 20 - 22 service of so many attorneys, our ists has been released amid an alarming do more to protect journalists around should trigger the imposi- LEBANON QUILT & FABRIC ARTS SHOW number of attacks on journalists and tion of sanctions (what Fri - Sun 10 am - 5 pm nation would not be able to provide the world.’ Warren County Fairgrounds services to those in need. Student media freedom. Statistics from the The report has been endorsed should be included); loan forgiveness is a small but very Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) by the High Level Panel, the Interna- MARCH 27 - 28 meaningful way to repay young show that more than 130 journalists and tional Bar Association’s Human Rights (See SANCTIONS page 2) SOUTHERN OHIO INDOOR MUSIC FEST Fri & Sat 12 pm - 10 pm people who spend 10 years of their Roberts Centre lives in lower-paying jobs to serve the public.” Proposed white-tailed deer hunting dates MARCH 31 - APRIL 5 DONNA The ABA and four public ser- Call for times vants, represented by the law firm of Schuster Center Ropes & Gray, sued the Education presented to Ohio Wildlife Council APRIL 9 Department and the education secretary Proposed white-tailed deer hunt- • Deer archery: Sept. 26, signed to allow more hunting oppor- TINY THURSDAY in December 2016, alleging misman- ing season dates and bag limits for the 2020-Feb. 7, 2021 tunities for small game hunters and to 11:15 am - 12:15 pm agement of the PSLF program. The fall of 2020 were presented to the Ohio • Youth deer gun: Nov. 21- better align regulations with other hunt- Dayton Art Institute lawsuit detailed how the department Wildlife Council on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2020 ing seasons. If approved, all hunters If you would like to publish an event in this changed eligibility requirements for 19, according to the Ohio Department • Deer gun: Nov. 30-Dec. (except waterfowl hunters) would be calendar, please contact (937) 222-6000. work that was clearly “public service” of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division 6, 2020; Dec. 19-20, 2020 required to wear hunter orange during after previously approving the same of Wildlife. Hunting season dates and • Deer muzzleloader: Jan. this season. Another proposal would work, and after individuals had made bag limits are proposed by Division of 2-5, 2021 exempt Lake La Su An Wildlife Area major life decisions based on those Wildlife biologists. Several county bag limits were in Williams County from the antlerless VISIT prior approvals. proposed to change for the upcoming deer restrictions on public lands fol- OUR WEB SITE “Ohio is a national leader in www.DailyCourt.com “After years of financial uncer- deer hunting and deer population man- season in response to deer hunter and lowing the weeklong gun season. This tainty, these dedicated, service-oriented agement,” said Division of Wildlife production landowner surveys. A map includes a limit of one antlerless deer Sheriff Sales, Legal professionals finally got the fair shake Chief Kendra Wecker. “Deer season of the proposed county bag limits can on public land, and antlered deer only Data Bankruptcies, etc. they deserve from the Department of dates and bag limits reflect feedback be found at wildohio.gov. The state- after Dec. 6. Subscribe Today Education,” said Ropes & Gray partner from annual deer hunter surveys. wide deer bag limit was proposed to A complete list of proposals 937-222-6000 Chong S.