Pauley v. City of Circleville

I. Introduction

{¶ 1} Appellants, Jeremy Pauley and his mother, appeal from a judgment of the Fourth District Court of Appeals that affirmed summary judgment in favor of the city of Circleville regarding appellants’ civil action for injuries Jeremy sustained while sledding in the city’s park. We accepted the appellants’ discretionary appeal, which sets forth a single proposition of law: “Recreational user immunity does not extend to man-made hazards upon real property that do not further or maintain its recreational value.”

{¶ 2} Under the recreational-user statutes (R.C. 1533.18 and 1533.181),…