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Sovereign Immunity Abrogated In Ohio: Krause V. State, James B. Wilkens
Sovereign Immunity Abrogated In Ohio: Krause V. State, James B. Wilkens
Cleveland State Law Review
The decision thus promulgates three principal rulings: (1) that sovereign immunity does not provide a bar to bringing an action against the State of Ohio, (2) that the state is liable by virtue of the doctrine of respondeat superior for the authorized activities of its officers, employees and other agents, and (3) that freedom of individual agents from civil liability arising out of authorized activities for the state is retained. The effects of these rulings are far from obvious, in large part because of the confused prior state of the law upon which they are engrafted. Furthermore, the grounds given …