Walton v. Ohio Department of Health

Petree, Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Michael Walton, appeals from a judgment of the. Court of Claims of Ohio, which determined that plaintiff was not entitled to recover, pursuant to R.C. 109.364, legal expenses incurred in defense of an action brought against him in federal court. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

{¶ 2} In 1994, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) established guidelines for the distribution of federal funds to states for HIV/AIDS prevention-related programs. Pursuant to these guidelines, states were required to create…