Moore v. Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority

{¶ 1} The Ninth District Court of Appeals certified that a conflict exists between its judgment in this case and the judgments of other appellate districts1 on whether operation of a public housing authority is a proprietary or a governmental function within the meaning of Ohio’s sovereign-immunity statutes. We determined that a conflict exists and also accepted the discretionary appeal on the issues of whether R.C. 2744.02(B)(4) and (B)(5) apply as exceptions to the public housing authority’s immunity. We hold that the operation of a public housing authority is a governmental function under…