Are Housing Agency Documents Identifying Child Lead Poisoning Victims 'Public Records' Under Ohio Law?

State of Ohio ex rel. O'Shea & Associates Co., L.P.A. v. Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, Case no. 2010-1536

8th District Court of Appeals (Cuyahoga County)

ISSUE: Does the Ohio Public Records Act require disclosure of forms that are completed by residents of public housing facilities and maintained by the housing agency that: a) provide personal and family information about children who have been diagnosed with elevated levels of lead in their blood; and b) give parental permission for the housing agency to obtain copies of a child's medical records?