City of Akron v. Carter

Dickinson, Presiding Judge.

INTRODUCTION

{¶ 1} Following a court-ordered mediation conference in an appropriation proceeding, the mediator filed a report indicating that the parties had reached a settlement. The city of Akron later moved the trial court for a determination that the terms of a settlement agreement reached during mediation are not privileged under Ohio’s Uniform Mediation Act, R.C. Chapter 2710. The landowner, Roger Carter, responded with a motion in limine to exclude all mediation communications under the privilege. The trial court determined that the terms of a settlement…