
    2017-1160.
    I.B. v. Olentangy Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn.
   Certified Question of State Law, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, No. 2:16-CV-837. On review of preliminary memoranda. The court will answer the following question:

“Does [R.C.] 2151.421 expressly impose civil liability on a school board, either for its own or its employee’s failure to report, triggering the [R.C.] 2744.02(b)(5) exception to political subdivision immunity on a negligence per se claim based on [R.C.] 2151.421?”

It is ordered by the court that petitioner shall file its merit brief within 40 days and the parties shall otherwise proceed in accordance with S.CtPrac.R. 16.02 through 16.04 and 9.07.

O’Donnell, J., dissents.  