State ex rel. Cleveland v. Astrab (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} We affirm in part and reverse in part the judgment of the Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals regarding an underlying tort case. Appellants-relators, the city of Cleveland and some of its employees, filed an action for a writ of mandamus in the court of appeals requesting that the court order the trial court in the underlying tort case to comply with the court of appeals’ earlier mandate regarding the immunity of the city and its employees in that case.

{¶ 2} The underlying case was brought by plaintiffs whose decedent was killed when struck by a stolen car being chased by a police vehicle.…