ARGABRITE v. NEER

No. 2015-0348.

149 Ohio St.3d 349 (2016)

2016-Ohio-8374

ARGABRITE, APPELLANT, v. NEER ET AL. APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dyer, Garofalo, Mann & Schultz, L.P.A., and Kenneth J. Ignozzi , for appellant.

Surdyk, Dowd & Turner Co., L.P.A., Joshua R. Schierloh , and Edward J. Dowd , for appellees Jim Neer and Gregory Stites.

Mathias H. Heck Jr. , Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, and Laura G. Mariani and Lynne R. Nothstine , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellees Anthony Ball and Daniel Adkins.

Schroeder, Maundrell, Barbiere & Powers, Lawrence E. Barbiere , and Kurt M. Irey , for appellee John DiPietro.

Valore & Gordillo, L.L.P., and Gregory A. Gordillo , urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Employment Lawyers Association.

Ginger S. Bock Law Office, Inc., and Ginger S. Bock ; Landskroner, Grieco, Merriman, L.L.C., and Drew Legando ; and Traska Law Firm, L.L.C., and Peter D. Traska , urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.

Joseph Deters , Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Christian J. Schaefer , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association.

O'NEILL, J., concurs in part and dissents in part, with an opinion.


{¶ 1} In this appeal, we consider the level of culpability necessary to hold a police officer liable for injuries suffered by innocent third parties as the result of a high-speed police pursuit. In particular, we consider a scenario in which the fleeing suspect's vehicle collides with a vehicle occupied by the third...

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