RANKIN v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES

No. 2007-0306.

118 Ohio St.3d 392 (2008)

2008-Ohio-2567

RANKIN et al., Appellees, v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levin Associates Co., L.P.A., Joel Levin, and Christopher M. Vlasich; and James A. Gay, for appellees.

William Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Shawn M. Mallamad, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellants.

Mazanec, Raskin, Ryder & Keller Co., L.P.A., John T. McLandrich, and Frank H. Scialdone, Cleveland, urging reversal for amici curiae County Commissioners Association of Ohio and County Risk Sharing Authority.


MOYER, C.J.

{¶ 1} Appellants, Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services, its director, James McCafferty, and its employee, Gina Zazzara, appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, which reversed the trial court's grant of summary judgment in their favor. For the following reasons, we reverse in part and affirm in part the judgment of the court of appeals.

{¶ 2} The...

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