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BAUM v. OHIO STATE HWY. PATROL

No. 93-2495.

72 Ohio St.3d 469 (1995)

BAUM ET AL., APPELLEES, v. OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 12, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Becker, Reed, Tilton & Hastings and Dennis A. Becker, for appellees.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Gregg H. Bachmann and Catherine M. Cola, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellants.

Paul L. Cox, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio, Inc.

Schottenstein, Treneff & Williams and John Gilchrist, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police.

FRANCIS E. SWEENEY, SR., J.

The sole issue before this court is whether the State Highway Patrol is immune from liability in the absence of wanton or willful misconduct for injuries caused by a patrol officer in the operation of his vehicle while responding to an emergency call. For the following reasons, we find that the State Highway Patrol is immune from liability in the absence of willful or wanton misconduct and...

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