Kuivila v. City of Newton Falls

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, John Kuivila, appeals the Judgment of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, granting summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, the City of Newton Falls, Mary Ann Johnson, Richard Monteville, Nancy Hoffman, Philip Beer, Jim Luonuansuu, Richard Zamecnik, and Jack Haney. The issues before this court are whether the holding of an emergency meeting for the purpose of adjourning into executive session to discuss the termination of the chief of police's employment violates a contract provision that employment must be terminated at a duly authorized public…