Steele v. Cincinnati

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 4853

Syllabus

IMMUNITY – MUNICIPAL: Where the city was entitled to a grant of immunity because off-duty Cincinnati police officers were engaged in a governmental function when working a security detail for a nightclub that required them to provide exterior security and police visibility, the trial court did not err in granting the city's motion for judgment on the pleadings on the plaintiff's complaint for damages occurring when an innocent bystander was killed when a gunfight erupted in the nightclub. Where off-duty police officers were hired to provide exterior security and police visibility for a nightclub, and where they had no authority to randomly screen or search patrons prior to entrance, the officers had no duty to prevent weapons from being brought into the nightclub based on the facts as alleged in the complaint.