McFaul v. Uaw Region 2

Plaintiff-appellant Gerald T. McFaul, the Sheriff of Cuyahoga County, appeals from a decision of the trial court affirming an award of a labor conciliator who found in favor of defendant-appellee UAW Region 2 by holding that county jail correction corporals were entitled to a raise of 4.2 percent for the years 1998-1999. The Sheriff contends that as a matter of law (R.C. 4117.14[G][7]), the conciliator was empowered only to select either three percent or five percent, the competing offers of the respective parties, not to select a compromise verdict. We find merit to the appeal, vacate the…