Ohio Veterans Can Pursue Car Tax Claims as a Class, Judges Rule

The Ohio Court of Claims wrongly denied class certification to disabled veterans who were improperly charged local motor vehicle taxes and fees for specialty military license plates, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The proposed class definition requires the purchase of a specialty plate and status as a 100% service-connected disabled veteran, which “provides a reasonably workable means of determining whether a particular individual qualifies as a member of the class,” Judge Kristin Boggs wrote for the Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth Appellate District.

The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles refused to provide retired Army veteran Jack Kacin with a ...