Case Name: I.B. v. Olentangy Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2017-11-01
Citations: 151 Ohio St. 3d 1423
Docket Number: 2017-1160
Parties: I.B. v. Olentangy Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn.
Judges: O’Donnell, J., dissents.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 151
Pages: 1423–1423

Head Matter:
2017-1160.
I.B. v. Olentangy Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn.

Opinion:
Certified Question of State Law, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, No. 2:16-CV-837. On review of preliminary memoranda. The court will answer the following question:
"Does [R.C.] 2151.421 expressly impose civil liability on a school board, either for its own or its employee's failure to report, triggering the [R.C.] 2744.02(b)(5) exception to political subdivision immunity on a negligence per se claim based on [R.C.] 2151.421?"
It is ordered by the court that petitioner shall file its merit brief within 40 days and the parties shall otherwise proceed in accordance with S.CtPrac.R. 16.02 through 16.04 and 9.07.
O'Donnell, J., dissents.