Strohofer v. City of Cincinnati

In each of these cases we are asked to determine whether appellant’s claims against the respective municipalities for damages arising from the allegedly tortious design and placement of traffic control devices, are barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity.

In view of our recent decision in Haverlack v. Portage Homes, Inc. (1982), 2 Ohio St. 3d 26, we hold that they are not. Therein we abrogated the doctrine of sovereign immunity and held at paragraph two of the syllabus that “[t]he defense of sovereign immunity is not available, in the absence of a statute providing immunity, to a…