William B. Brown, J. The case presents this court with the question of whether the doctrine of governmental immunity from tort liability for municipalities should be sustained in Ohio. With the limitations set forth in this opinion, this court overrules Dayton v. Pease (1854), 4 Ohio St. 80 , wherein the sovereign immunity doctrine was extended to encompass local governmental…
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