Ohio Code § 2744.04

§ 2744.04.

(A) An action against a political subdivision to recover damages for injury, death, or

loss to person or property allegedly caused by any act or omission in connection with

a governmental or proprietary function, whether brought as an original action, cross-claim,

counterclaim, third-party claim, or claim for subrogation, shall be brought within

two years after the cause of action accrues, or within any applicable shorter period

of time for bringing the action provided by the Revised Code.  The period of limitation contained in this division shall be tolled pursuant to section 2305.16 of the Revised Code .  This division applies to actions brought against political subdivisions by all persons,

governmental entities, and the state. (B) In the complaint filed in a civil action against a political subdivision or an employee

of a political subdivision to recover damages for injury, death, or loss to person

or property allegedly caused by an act or omission in connection with a governmental

or proprietary function, whether filed in an original action, cross-claim, counterclaim,

third-party claim, or claim for subrogation, the complainant shall include a demand

for a judgment for the damages that the judge in a nonjury trial or the jury in a

jury trial finds that the complainant is entitled to be awarded, but shall not specify

in that demand any monetary amount for damages sought.