Legal Opinion
Ruwe v. Board of County Commissioners
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1986No. 85-210PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
The narrow issue before us is whether summary judgment was properly granted for the Board of County Commissioners of Hamilton County (“the commissioners”) and for Donald Schramm, Hamilton County Engineer. We conclude summary judgment was properly granted for the reasons that follow.
We noted in the recent case of Heckert v. Patrick (1984), 15 Ohio St. 3d 402, that to ascertain a county’s liability in tort both common-law and statutory duties must be addressed. Statutory liability for the board of *82county commissioners is set forth in R.C. 305.12 which states, in pertinent part:
“* * * The board…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Harless v. Willis Day Warehousing Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1978
- Heckert v. PatrickOhio Supreme Court · 1984
- Gelbman v. Second National BankOhio Supreme Court · 1984
- Zents v. Board of CommissionersOhio Supreme Court · 1984
- Ditmyer v. Board of County Commissioners of Lucas CountyOhio Supreme Court · 1980
3Cited by5 opinions
- Range v. DouglasDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 2012
- Noll v. NezbethOhio Court of Appeals · 1989
- Miller v. Ohio Dept. of Transp.Ohio Court of Claims · 2012
- Singleton v. City of HamiltonOhio Court of Appeals · 1986
- Stoyer v. Summit County ExecutiveOhio Court of Appeals · 1988