Ohio High Court Allows Inspectors to Appeal Stay Denial

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's high court has resolved a dispute among the state's intermediate courts by ruling that a party denied a stay pending arbitration can appeal that order without the certification of "finality" ordinarily required by the trial court. Mynes, et al. v. Brooks, et al., No. 2009-0054 (Ohio Sup. Ct.).

The Supreme Court made its initial ruling on the issue in Sullivan v. Anderson Twp. (122 Ohio St. 3d 83, 2009-Ohio-1971, 909 N.E.2d 88) and applied it on Nov. 18 in a mold case that was pending when Sullivan was decided.

In the mold case, appellants JDG Home …