Hyde v. City of Lakewood

This court has not yet abandoned the principle that, where a municipal corporation is engaged in the exercise of a governmental function and a tort is committed by it while it is so engaged, there is no liability. In line with a number of other jurisdictions, Ohio still adheres to the general rule that, unless there is a statute removing immunity, a governmental unit or agency may escape liability for the commission of a tort upon a showing that a governmental function was being performed at the time the tort occurred. Broughton v. City of Cleveland, 167 Ohio St. 29, 146 N. E. 2d 301, and the…