Simmons v. Goodwill Industries of Akron, Inc.

{¶ 1} This affidavit of disqualification was filed by Richard L. Henning, counsel for plaintiff Roger Simmons, seeking the disqualification of Judge Joyce J. George from further proceedings in the above-captioned case. Judge George is a retired judge of the Ninth District Court of Appeals sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice.

{¶ 2} Affiant’s allegations against Judge George arise from her participation in an earlier case in the Wayne County Common Pleas Court, Smith et al. v. Wayne Cty. Dept. of Human Serv. et al., case No. 99-CV-0052. Affiant also represented the plaintiffs in that…