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LAURIE v. CITY OF CLEVELAND

No. 91665.

2009 Ohio 869

Heather Laurie, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. City of Cleveland, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

RELEASED: February 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Triozzi, Director of Law, By: Gary S. Singletary, Assistant Director of Law, Cleveland City Hall, Room 106, 601 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, Attorneys for Appellant.

Jack Landskroner, Paul Grieco, Landskroner, Grieco, Madden, Ltd., 1360 West Ninth Street, Suite 200, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, Paul W. Flowers, Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., Terminal Tower, 35th Floor, 50 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, For Heather Laurie.

Joseph H. Wantz, Williams, Sennett & Scully Co., L.P.A., 2241 Pinnacle Parkway, Twinsburg, Ohio 44087-2367, For John Albu.

Patrick F. Roche, Davis & Young, 1200 Fifth Third Center, 600 Superior Avenue, E., Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2654, For Jacob Karlowicz, Attorneys for Appellees.

Before: Boyle, J., Cooney, A.J., and Gallagher, J.

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

MARY J. BOYLE, J.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, City of Cleveland ("City"), appeals from a judgment denying its motion for summary judgment on the basis of sovereign immunity. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand.

{¶ 2} In August 2006, plaintiff-appellee Heather Laurie was seriously injured after being thrown from a motorcycle when it collided...

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