The Supreme Court of Ohio held today that when an employee of a political subdivision brings a civil lawsuit against the subdivision alleging an intentional tort (a deliberate harmful act), that lawsuit may fall within an exception to Ohio’s sovereign immunity statute for matters “that arise out of the employment relationship.”
Attorney Paul F. Adamson
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