Legal Opinion
Wilson v. McCormack
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided June 26, 2017No. 2016–A–0039PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDiane V. Grendell, J.
{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Jefferson Area Local School District-Board of Education, appeals the judgment of the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, denying its Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings based on the immunity afforded by R.C. 2744.02(B). The issue before this court is whether a school district's hiring, retention, and/or supervision of a high school basketball coach is a governmental function for the purposes of sovereign immunity. For the following reasons, we reverse the decision of the court below.
{¶ 2} On June 12, 2015, plaintiffs-appellees, Jaimie Wilson and Elizabeth…
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