Petrilla v. Ohio State Board of Pharmacy

Vukovich, Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Richard Petrilla, appeals the decision of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, which affirmed the decision of the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy concerning a two-year license suspension and which decreased the fine imposed from $42,500 to $25,000. Appellant claims that the board’s decision is not supported by reliable, probative, and substantial evidence. He also claims that the two-year suspension is unreasonably excessive and that the board had no authority to impose a fine when it had it already imposed a suspension. For the following reasons,…