Marrek v. Cleveland Metroparks Board of Commissioners

%Ghis case presents the issue of whether a park district is protected by immunity from tort liability. This question requires a determination of whether the defense of sovereign immunity is available to the park district, and if not, whether statutory immunity applies. We conclude that the common-law doctrine of sovereign immunity has been abrogated, but that statutory immunity applies in this case.

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A similar fact situation and question of governmental immunity were presented in Bokovitz v. Cleveland Metroparks System (May 9, 1983), Cuyahoga App. No. 45215, unreported. The case also involved…