HERSH v. GRUMER

No. 109430.

176 N.E.3d 1135 (2021)

2021-Ohio-2582

Akiva HERSH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rabbi Yisrael GRUMER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

Released and Journalized: July 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Triscaro & Associates, Ltd., and Joseph J. Triscaro , Solon, for appellant.

Gallagher Sharp, L.L.P., and Markus E. Apelis , Cleveland, for appellees Rabbi Yisrael Grumer, Congregation Shomre Shabbos, Rabbi Yitzchok Margareten, Congregation Green Road Synagogue, Rabbi Binyamin Blau, Congregation Chabad House of Cleveland, Rabbi Sholom Ber Chaikin, Congregation Zichron Chaim, Rabbi Alexander Charlop, Rabbi Moshe Garfunkel, Congregation Jewish Learning Connection Inc., and Rabbi Ephraim Nisenbaum.

Gallagher Sharp, L.L.P., Mark A. Greer , and Liz R. Phillips , Cleveland, for appellees Rabbi Mordechai Mendelson and Congregation Zemach Zedek of Cleveland Heights.

Molly Steiber Harbaugh , Cleveland, for appellees Rabbi Raphael Davidovich and The Heights Jewish Center, and The Beth Hamidrosh Hagodol Ohave Emuno Anshe Grondo Congretation.

Ulmer & Berne L.L.P., Robert E. Chudakoff , Joshua A. Klarfeld , and Kenneth A. Zirm , Cleveland, for appellees Rabbi Naphtali Burnstein, Rabbi Aharon Lebovics, and Young Israel of Greater Cleveland.

Zagrans Law Firm and Eric H. Zagrans , Cleveland; The Schwartz Law Firm and Fred P. Schwartz , for appellees Rabbi Avraham Bensoussan, Beis Eliyahu Synagogue/Torah Center, Congregation Bais Avrohom, Rabbi Nissim Abrin, Aleksander Shul, Rabbi Shneur Zalman Denciger, Rabbi Sholom Ber Chaikin, Chabad House of Cleveland, Rabbi Moshe Einstadter, Congregation Torah Utefilah, Rabbi Boruch Hirschfeld, Rabbi Yehuda Cahan, and Rabbi Shmuel Spitz.

McNeal Schick Archibald & Biro Co., L.P.A., and Marilyn J. Singer , Cleveland; The Schwartz Law Firm and Fred P. Schwartz ; Zagrans Law Firm and Eric H. Zagrans , for appellees Rabbi Yehuda Blum and Congregation K'Hal Yereim.

Hannah Campbell & Powell, L.L.P., Kenneth A. Calderone and Frank G. Mazgaj , Akron, for appellees Rabbi Ari Spiegler and Beachwood Kehilla.

Reminger Co., L.P.A., and Brian D. Sullivan , Cleveland, for appellees Rabbi Dovid Aaron Gross and Congregation Beis Doniel.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

{¶ 1} Akiva Hersh ("Hersh") appeals the trial court's order granting the defendants', who are individuals and religious entities in the Orthodox Jewish community of the Cleveland area ("the Defendants"), motions to dismiss and...

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