Hacker v. City of Cincinnati

Painter, Judge.

On May 31, 1993, plaintiffs-appellees Robert E. Hacker and Sylvia Hacker (collectively, “Hacker”) filed a negligence lawsuit against defendants-appellants city of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio, (collectively, the “city”) after Mr. Hacker tripped on a six-inch curb and injured himself in the southwest ramp area on the second level of Riverfront Stadium’s parking garage. The curb led to a slightly raised area of the parking garage, which contained concrete pillars and a public telephone. Hacker was following a crowd into a Cincinnati Reds baseball game when he fell. He did…