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SPIRES v. CITY OF LANCASTER

No. 86-113.

28 Ohio St. 3d 76 (1986)

SPIRES, APPELLEE, v. CITY OF LANCASTER, APPELLANT, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley & Farris Co., L.P.A., Philip R. Bradley and Richard D. Topper, for appellee.

Reid, Johnson, Downes, Andrachik & Webster and Timothy T. Reid, for appellant.

DOUGLAS, J.

The single issue to be decided by this court is whether punitive damages may be awarded against a municipality absent specific statutory authority permitting such an award. For the following reasons, we answer this question in the negative.

In Ranells, supra, this court held in the syllabus:

"In the absence of a statute specifically authorizing such recovery, punitive damages can not...

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