McCloud v. Nimmer

Parrino, Judge.

Ray McCloud and his wife, plaintiffs, sued Eric Nimmer, a Cleveland police officer, the city of Cleveland, its mayor and police chief for negligence arising out of Nimmer’s shooting of Ray McCloud. The court of common pleas below entered a default judgment against Nimmer in the amount of $200,000, and dismissed the remaining defendants pursuant to Civ.R. 56 and the immunity provisions of R.C. 2744.02. Plaintiffs appeal the entry of summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

In July 1988, when he was off duty, Nimmer went to visit his friend Ray McCloud at…