VACHA v. CITY OF N. RIDGEVILLE

Nos. 2011-1050 and 2011-1327.

136 Ohio St.3d 199 (2013)

2013-Ohio-3020

VACHA, Appellee, v. THE CITY OF NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Appellant, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Hildebrand Co., L.P.A., and John Hildebrand Sr. , for appellee.

Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A., John T. McLandrich , James A. Climer , and Frank H. Scialdone , for appellant.

Ice Miller, L.L.P., Stephen L. Byron , Stephen J. Smith , and Chris W. Michael ; and John Gotherman , urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Municipal League.

Giorgianni Law, L.L.C., and Paul Giorgianni , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.


FRENCH, J.

{¶ 1} This certified-conflict and discretionary appeal presents the following two issues: (1) whether R.C. 2744.09(B), an exception to political-subdivision immunity from tort liability, applies to employer-intentional-tort claims by a political subdivision's employee and (2) whether appellant, the city of North Ridgeville, was entitled to summary judgment on its former employee's employer-intentional-tort claim, based on...

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