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AYERS v. CLEVELAND

No. 2018-0852.

156 N.E.3d 848 (2020)

160 Ohio St.3d 288

2020-Ohio-1047

AYERS, Appellant, v. The City of CLEVELAND et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 25, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Michele L. Berry and Michele Berry , Cincinnati; and Loevy & Loevy, Scott Rauscher , Anand Swaminathan , Debra Loevy , Matthew Topic , and Daniel Twetten , for appellant.

Littler Mendelson, P.C., Robert M. Wolff , and Inna Shelley , Cleveland; and Barbara A. Langhenry , Cleveland Director of Law, and Mark V. Webber , Assistant Director of Law, for appellee city of Cleveland.

Littler Mendelson, P.C., Robert M. Wolff , and Inna Shelley , Cleveland, for appellee Joseph Scott.

Latham & Watkins, L.L.P., Samuel B. Isaacson , and Alex Grabowski ; and Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P., and Kathleen M. Brinkman , Cincinnati, urging reversal for amici curiae Ohio law professors Avidan Cover, Llewellyn Gibbons , Doron Kalir , Andrew Pollis , Cassandra Burke Robertson , John Sahl , and Rachel Smith .

Ron O'Brien , Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Arthur J. Marziale Jr. , Nick A. Soulas Jr. , and Amy L. Hiers , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association.

Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A., and Frank H. Scialdone , Cleveland, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.

{¶ 1} In this case, we consider whether a judgment creditor may proceed directly against a political subdivision under R.C. 2744.07. Because we conclude that the right to indemnification set forth in R.C. 2744.07(A)(2) (relevant statutory language now in R.C. 2744.07(B)1) may be asserted...

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