BENNETT v. OHIO DEPT. OF REHAB. & CORR.

No. 90-1178.

60 Ohio St. 3d 107 (1991)

BENNETT, APPELLEE, v. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. T. West, for appellee.

Lee I. Fisher, attorney general, Jeffrey R. Goldsmith and Simon B. Karas, for appellants.


MOYER, C.J.

The state contends that the judgment of the court of appeals should be reversed for three reasons. First, the state argues that plaintiff cannot maintain a common-law false imprisonment claim because the initial taking of his liberty was lawful pursuant to the trial court's six-month sentence. Second, the state contends that plaintiff's true claim is one for "parole revocation improprieties" and therefore cannot be maintained because no such cause of action...

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