Title: Fogle v. Bentleyville

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Fogle v. Bentleyville, 116 Ohio St.3d 301, 2007-Ohio-6454.] 
 
 
FOGLE ET AL., APPELLEES, v. VILLAGE OF BENTLEYVILLE ET AL., APPELLANTS. 
[Cite as Fogle v. Bentleyville, 116 Ohio St.3d 301, 2007-Ohio-6454.] 
Political subdivision — Immunity — Final, appealable order — Court of appeals’ 
judgment reversed on the authority of Hubbell v. Xenia and cause 
remanded. 
(No. 2007-1433 — Submitted November 6, 2007 — Decided  
December 13, 2007.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County,  
No. 88375, 2007-Ohio-2913. 
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{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is accepted. 
{¶ 2} The judgment of the courts of appeals is reversed on the authority 
of Hubbell v. Xenia, 115 Ohio St.3d 77, 2007-Ohio-4839, 873 N.E.2d 878, and 
the cause is remanded to the court of appeals with instructions for the court of 
appeals to conduct a de novo review of the law and facts.  If, after that review, 
only questions of law remain, the court of appeals may resolve the appeal.  If 
genuine issues of material fact remain, the court of appeals may remand the cause 
to the trial court for further development of the facts necessary to resolve the 
immunity issue. 
 
MOYER, C.J., and LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, LANZINGER, and 
CUPP, JJ., concur. 
 
PFEIFER, J., dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in 
Hubbell v. Xenia. 
 
O’DONNELL, J., dissents. 
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Michael B. Pasternak, for appellees. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Tomino & Latchney, L.L.C., and Nick C. Tomino, for appellants. 
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