[This decision has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 91 Ohio St.3d 206.]

BANNING ET AL., APPELLEES, v. LAKE COUNTY ET AL.; BASTER, APPELLANT. [Cite as Banning v. Lake Cty., 2001-Ohio-262.] 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. 00-1183—Submitted February 28, 2001—Decided March 28, 2001.) CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Lake County, No. 99-L-113. __________________ {¶ 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. __________________ Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, L.L.P., Hilary S. Taylor and Gary A. Vick, Jr., for appellant. __________________