ESTATE OF GRAVES v. CITY OF CIRCLEVILLE

No. 06CA2900.

179 Ohio App.3d 479 (2008)

2008-Ohio-6052

ESTATE OF GRAVES, Appellee, v. CITY OF CIRCLEVILLE et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Fourth District, Ross County.

Decided November 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper & Elliott, L.L.C., Rex H. Elliott, Charles H. Cooper Jr., and Aaron D. Epstein; and J. Jeffrey Benson, for appellee.

Mazanec, Raskin, Ryder & Keller Co., L.P.A., John T. McLandrich, James A. Climer, and Frank H. Scialdone; and Gary D. Kenworthy, for appellants Peter Shaw, William J. Eversole, Benjamin E. Carpenter, and John and Jane Doe Officers of the Circleville Police Department.


HARSHA, Judge.

{¶ 1} The estate of Jillian Marie Graves (the "estate") sued Officers Peter Shaw, William Eversole, and Benjamin Carpenter (collectively, the "officers") of the Circleville Police Department for the death of Graves. The estate claims that the officers wantonly or recklessly released the vehicle of Cornelius Copley from impound without a court order. While intoxicated, Copley drove the vehicle and collided with Graves's vehicle, killing...

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