OLIVER v. CLEVELAND INDIANS BASEBALL CO. LTD. PARTNERSHIP

No. 2008-1463.

123 Ohio St.3d 278 (2009)

2009-Ohio-5030

OLIVER ET AL., APPELLEES, v. CLEVELAND INDIANS BASEBALL COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ET AL.; CITY OF CLEVELAND, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 1, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Burke Jr., John J. Chambers, and Sean P. Allan, for appellee Clifton Oliver.

John J. Spellacy and Sean P. Allan, for appellee Donald Krieger.

Robert J. Triozzi, Director of Law, Joseph F. Scott, Chief Assistant Director of Law, and Jerome A. Payne Jr., Assistant Director of Law, for appellant.

Richard Cordray, Attorney General, Benjamin C. Mizer, Solicitor General, and David M. Lieberman, Deputy Solicitor, urging reversal for amicus curiae state of Ohio.

Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Justice.


MOYER, C.J.

I

{¶ 1} This case began with the detonation of an explosive device during a Cleveland Indians baseball game; the explosion injured four persons. Appellees Donald Krieger and Clifton Oliver were arrested at the stadium and were taken into police custody, along with a third person with whom they had attended the game, on suspicion of their involvement in the explosion.1 While in custody...

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