HEIDBREDER v. NORTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES

No. 9057.

64 Ohio App. 2d 95 (1979)

HEIDBREDER ET AL., APPELLEES, v. NORTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES; BENKO, APPELLANT.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Summit County.

Decided March 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Howard L. Calhoun, for appellees.

Mr. Donald A. Powell, for appellant.


MAHONEY, P. J.

Defendant Charles Benko, the Chief of Police of Northampton Township, appeals the judgment of $300,000 entered upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs, Robert W. and Holly M. Heidbreder and their minor son, Jonathan R. Heidbreder. We affirm.

Facts

This case was tried on the theory that defendant, while acting in the scope and course of his employment, negligently discharged his revolver at the driver of a fleeing automobile...

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