Romine v. Ohio State Highway Patrol

Brown, Judge.

William G. Romine, Sr., plaintiff-appellant, appeals the May 12, 1999 judgment of the Court of Claims of Ohio, which granted the motion for summary judgment in favor of Ohio State Highway Patrol (“OSHP”), defendant-appellee.

Appellant is the father and administrator of the estate of Robert Lee Romine, who died allegedly as a result of positional asphyxia, on June 17, 1992, while in the back of an OSHP car. In August 1993, appellant filed an action against various county and municipal law enforcement officials in the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, based…