Emanuel v. Columbus Recreation & Parks Department

Petree, Presiding Judge.

This matter is before this court upon the appeal of defendants, city of Columbus (“city”), James Barney, Wayne Roberts, and Susie Wells, as Director, Deputy Director, and Recreational Administrator, respectively, of the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department (“department”), from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas rendered in favor of plaintiff, Edward O. Emanuel, in a civil rights suit under Section 1983, Title 42, U.S.Code. On appeal, defendants raise the following three assignments of error:

“[I.] The lower court erred in holding that…