MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER v. HAMILTON

No. 2020-0705.

193 N.E.3d 536 (2021)

167 Ohio St.3d 390

2021-Ohio-4096

MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, Admr., Appellant, v. HAMILTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel S. Bloomekatz ; and Robinson Law Firm, L.L.C., and Emmett E. Robinson , for appellant, individually and as the administrator of the estate of G.B., a deceased minor.

Joseph T. Deters , Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Pamela J. Sears and Michael G. Florez , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellee Lumadi Lavusa.

Laufman & Napolitano, L.L.C., and Paul M. Laufman ; Cincinnati, and Michael L. Tranter , for appellee Shamara Stephens, a.k.a. Shamara Hooks-Ware.

Stephen J. Wenke , Cincinnati, for appellee Kassie Setty.

The Gittes Law Group and Jeffrey P. Vardaro ; Columbus, and Marcia Lowry , Allison Mahoney , and Tavi Unger , urging reversal for amicus curiae A Better Childhood.

Kimberly Payne Jordan , urging reversal for amicus curiae Justice for Children Clinic.


{¶ 1} In this case, we are asked to decide whether claims invoking the exception under R.C. 2744.03(A)(6)(b) to the immunity afforded to employees of a political subdivision are subject to a heightened pleading standard. For the reasons that follow, we hold that they are not. Instead, we conclude that such claims are...

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