Ohio Ass'n of Public School Employees v. Westerville City School District Board of Education

Lazarus, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, Ohio Association of Public School Employees, Local No. 719 (“OAPSE”), and Paul Mash, appeal from the April 1, 1999 nunc pro tunc decision and entry of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas dismissing their complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

On March 2, 1998, appellants filed a complaint seeking damages for breach of contract and a declaratory judgment in the trial court. The complaint alleged that defendant-appellee, Westerville City School District Board of Education, had breached the…