[This decision has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 91 Ohio St.3d 204.]

WITTEN, APPELLEE, v. CITY OF RICHMOND HEIGHTS ET AL., APPELLANTS. [Cite as Witten v. Richmond Hts., 2001-Ohio-280.]

Appellate procedure—Final order—Political subdivision tort liability—R.C.

2744.02(C)—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on authority of Stevens v. Ackman. (No. 00-917—Submitted February 28, 2001—Decided March 28, 2001.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 77728. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of Stevens v. Ackman (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 182, ___ N.E.2d ___.

MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. __________________ Lester S. Potash, for appellee.

R. Todd Hunt, Director of Law; Walter & Haverfield, P.L.L., Jonathan D.

Greenberg and Barbara R. Marburger, for appellants. __________________