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Municipal Liability For Failure To Provide Police And Fire Protection, Charles F. Reusch
Municipal Liability For Failure To Provide Police And Fire Protection, Charles F. Reusch
Cleveland State Law Review
A municipal corporation generally has no duty to provide fire and police protection, and is not liable in tort or contract to private persons for losses suffered therefrom, unless a statute specifically allows recovery. The underlying reasoning for this comes from (1) the concept of governmental tort immunity when municipalities are engaged in governmental functions (fire-fighting and giving police protection are almost universally held to be governmental functions) and (2) the common law notion that, absent any duty imposed by statute, the municipal corporation cannot be liable for mere inactivity on the part of public servants which results in damage, …
Test Of Sovereign Immunity For Municipal Corporations, Howard H. Fairweather
Test Of Sovereign Immunity For Municipal Corporations, Howard H. Fairweather
Cleveland State Law Review
In a recent Ohio case, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion that a municipality that voluntarily owns and operates a swimming pool primarily for the benefit of its citizens (who might be interested), does so in the exercise of a proprietary function and is answerable for its negligence. Both the courts and legal writers have long recognized the problem of distinguishing between governmental and proprietary functions. And as it appears that the distinction will be with the courts for at least some time to come, the real problem is to rexamine the tests to see if a workable …
Governmental Immunity Of County Hospitals, Alice K. Henry
Governmental Immunity Of County Hospitals, Alice K. Henry
Cleveland State Law Review
The weight of authority holds that ownership and maintenance of a county hospital is a governmental function, even though the hospital is maintained for profit, and the county charges for treatment.