State Ex Rel. National Employers Network Alliance, Inc. v. Ryan

{¶ 1} Relator, National Employers Network Alliance, Inc., seeks a writ of mandamus from this court but admits that it did not pursue the administrative appeals available to it. Mandamus cannot issue when the relator has an adequate remedy at law. State ex rel. Berger v. McMonagle (1983), 6 Ohio St.3d 28, 6 OBR 50, 451 N.E.2d 225. An administrative appeal generally constitutes an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law that precludes a writ of mandamus. State ex rel. Hilltop Basic Resources, Inc. v. Cincinnati, 118 Ohio St.3d 131, 2008-Ohio-1966, 886 N.E.2d 839, ¶ 23.

{¶ 2} We hereby…