Leibson v. Ohio Department of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities

Patricia A. Blackmon, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County. The Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities et al.— defendants-appellants, hereinafter “ODMRDD” — timely appeal the trial court’s grant of declaratory and injunctive relief to Jerome L. Leibson — plaintiff-appellee and cross-appellant. Leibson timely cross-appeals the trial court’s judgment notwithstanding the plaintiffs verdict pursuant to Section 1983, Title 42, U.S.Code against Steven Schumacher — defendant and cross-appellee. For the reasons stated below, we…