Hughes v. Miller

Mary Eileen Kilbane, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from the decision of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court sua sponte dismissing the remaining claim in a civil action, a counterclaim that the appellant, Annette Miller, contends sufficiently stated a claim for retaliation against her participation in a protected activity in violation of R.C. 4112.02(1). By sua sponte dismissing Miller’s counterclaim for failure to state a claim, the trial court impliedly determined that the action of appellee, Ralph Hughes, in filing a subsequently dismissed complaint for defamation against her…