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WILLIAMS v. CITY OF COLUMBUS

No. 72-421.

33 Ohio St. 2d 75 (1973)

WILLIAMS, APPELLANT, v. CITY OF COLUMBUS, APPELLEE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 4, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Topper, Alloway, Goodman, DeLeone & Duffey, Mr. John J. Duffey, Messrs. Tyack, Scott & Colley and Mr. Michael F. Colley, for appellant.

Mr. James J. Hughes, Jr., city attorney, Mr. Robert A. Bell and Mr. Thomas A. Bustin, for appellee.

CORRIGAN, J.

Appellant propounds three propositions of law, each relative to the issue of sovereign immunity. These propose that Section 16, Article I of the Ohio Constitution, as amended in 1912, is self-executing and authorizes suits against the state of Ohio and its political subdivisions brought by individuals injured by the negligence of its agents, servants and employees; that Section 5(B), Article IV of the Ohio Constitution, as adopted in 1968, requires the...

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