Avila v. City of Cincinnati

J. Howard Sundermann, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, the city of Cincinnati, appeals from the trial court’s entry denying its motion for summary judgment and granting the cross-motions for summary judgment of plaintiffs-appellees, Miguel Avila and Donald Davis, and defendant-appellee, Karim Khrissi, on the city’s claim of sovereign immunity.

I. Two Motor-Vehicle Accidents

{¶ 2} The current litigation between the parties stems from two motor-vehicle accidents that occurred on the evening of March 3, 2007. Peggy Jones, an employee in the city’s public-services department, was driving west on…