Lattea v. City of Akron

This appeal arises from an accident in which the west sidewalk of the Grant Street Bridge in Akron, Ohio, collapsed and fell onto Interstate 76, killing plaintiff’s decedents, Rev. and Mrs. John Barrickman. At the time that the sidewalk collapsed, demolí tion work on the bridge was being carried out by defendant-appellant, John G. Ruhlin Construction Company (hereinafter “Ruhlin”), pursuant to a contract with the state of Ohio, Department of Transportation (hereinafter “State”). The plaintiff-appellee, Emlous Lattea, Administrator of the Estates of Rev. and Mrs. Barrickman, brought a wrongful…