Simington v. Shimp

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the Common Pleas Court of Sandusky County, pursuant to an original action for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief.

Prompted by three child-abuse related deaths within a twelve-month period, the Sandusky County grand jury instituted an investigation of the Sandusky County Welfare Department. Two of the witnesses subpoenaed to testify at that investigation, plaintiff-appellants Richard Simington, director of the Sandusky County Welfare Department, and Jeanne Dunn, supervisor of the Children’s Services Division, were granted immunity from suit…