Standifer v. Ohio Dept. of Health

[Cite as Standifer v. Ohio Dept. of Health,

2023-Ohio-622.] IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF OHIO LAUREN (CID) STANDIFER Case No. 2022-00217PQ Requester Special Master Jeffery W. Clark v. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Respondent {¶1} This case arises from a journalist’s public records request for the Ohio death certificate database, composed of data received from local officials and maintained by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). Requester Lauren Standifer, a former reporter for The Plain Dealer and now a freelance data journalist, intends to document the demographics, timing…