[This decision has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 91 Ohio St.3d 203.]

HALL, ADMR., APPELLEE, v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY ET AL., APPELLANTS. [Cite as Hall v. Cuyahoga Cty., 2001-Ohio-257.] Appellate procedure—Final order—Political subdivision tort liability—R.C. 2744.02(C)—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on authority of Stevens v. Ackman. (Nos. 00-844 and 00-955—Submitted February 28, 2001—Decided March 28, 2001.) APPEALS from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, Nos. 77671 and 77666. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of Stevens v. Ackman (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 182, 743 N.E.2d 901. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. __________________ Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.P.A., Richard L. Demsey and Kathleen St. John, for appellee. William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Kathleen A. Martin, Litigation Manager, Civil Division, for appellant Cuyahoga County. Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, L.L.P., and Christopher M. Ernst, for appellant city of North Olmsted. __________________