Opinion ID: 796898
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Heading: Utz

Text: 100 Like Tobias, Utz also knew of the risk posed by Condon's artistic photography. Utz admits that Condon showed him several propped photographs sometime after December 25, 2000. According to Tobias, Utz responded by telling Condon that he thought the photographs were kind of cool, which a jury could reasonably view as encouragement. Utz again described a particular propped photograph as cool-looking in an audiotaped conversation with Daly following the public discovery of the photographs. After seeing some of Condon's offending photographs, moreover, Utz did not object and in fact later permitted Condon to take additional photographs of an autopsy that Utz performed on Christina Folchi. 101 Utz admits that he saw the photograph of John Brady with a dollhouse ladder propped against his open skull, but claims that he thought it had been digitally enhanced. He further contends that he meant to inform Parrott about this photograph, but that he failed to do so because he was either busy or sick. These explanations may well be true, but for the purposes of summary judgment we must view the evidence in the light most favorable to Chesher as the nonmoving party and draw all reasonable inferences in her favor. Application of that standard leads to the inferences that Utz (1) knew of Condon's offending photography, (2) encouraged Condon by referring to the photographs as cool, (3) continued to permit Condon to photograph his autopsies, even after seeing the offending photographs, and (4) never reported Condon's offending photographs to any superior or law-enforcement authority. 102 For the same reasons as set forth above with regard to Parrott's and Tobias's claims, we affirm the district court's denial under § 2744.03(A)(6)(b) of Utz's motion for summary judgment on the intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress claim. Chesher's allegations against Utz are sufficient to support a jury finding that he acted in a wanton or reckless manner and thus outside the bounds of Ohio's statutory grant of immunity. For the same reasons addressed above in discussing Parrott's immunity, however, we conclude that Utz's actions were not personally motivated and thus not manifestly outside the scope of his employment for the purposes of § 2744.03(A)(6)(a).