Political Subdivisions Immune From Liability for Employer Intentional Torts in Mold Case

TOLEDO, Ohio - An appeals court affirmed a lower court's ruling that political subdivisions are immune from liability for employer intentional torts in a case involving allegations that employees of the Ottawa County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities were knowingly exposed to mold in the workplace. Louise Terry, et al., Appellants v. Ottawa County Board of MRDD, et al., Appellees, No. OT-02-014 (Ohio Ct. App., 6th App. Dist., Ottawa Cty.).

According to the Dec. 30, 2002, decision, the Ottawa County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MRDD), as a county entity, is immune from "employer intentional torts" …