Where to Draw the Line: Superseding Causes and Duty

Baker v. Bunker Hill Haven Home, 12th Dist. Butler No. CA2023-08-095, 2024-Ohio-875 – Todd Howard was a resident at Bunker Hill, a home for wayward boys. He snuck out of the facility to meet with his friends, Zeb Freeman and Derrick Hizer. He snuck out through a path that was well-known to Bunker Hill, but unprotected. The boys got high, then got in Freeman’s vehicle. Only Freeman had permission to drive, but Howard convinced Freeman to let him drive. Howard crashed the vehicle, and Hizer was…
By: Marshall Dennehey