Sekerak v. Fairhill Mental Health Center

It is well-settled that as a general rule “* * * the principle of estoppel does not apply against a state or its agencies in the exercise of a governmental function.” Besl Corp. v. Pub. Util. Comm. (1976), 45 Ohio St. 2d 146, 150 [74 O.O.2d 262], citing, inter alia, State, ex rel. Upper Scioto Drainage & Conserv. Dist., v. Tracy (1932), 125 Ohio St. 399; State, ex rel. Kildrow, v. Indus. Comm. (1934), 128 Ohio St. 573 [1 O.O. 235]; Interstate Motor Freight System v. Donahue (1966), 8 Ohio St. 2d 19. See, also, Griffith v. J. C. Penney Co. (1986), 24 Ohio St. 3d 112, at 113-114; Chevalier v.…