Plaintiff commenced an action against defendant by ■ filing the following amended complaint in Franklin County Municipal Court:
“1. On February 11, 1977 Larry Dalton made pay *110 ment of Court costs and fine ■ fоr Traffic- Case Number 129912/76. i- ‘
“2. The Clerk of Courts failed to enter said payment in its bоoks causing an order for the arrest of plaintiff to be issued on the 14th day of May, 1977.
“3. While on duty at the place of his employment as a seсurity guard, and in uniform, plaintiff- was arrested because of his alleged failurе to pay the fine on Case Number 129912/76.
“4. Plaintiff was wrongly incarcerated in the city jail; was forced to post bond to gain release therefrom; suffered loss of wages for the remainder of the work day; receivеd a formal reprimand at work for the embarrassment eaused his emрloyer; and suffered damage to his reputation; all as a result of the nonfeasance complained of.
■ “Wherefore, plaintiff demands judgment against defendant in the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars :and costs.”
' To this complaint defendant filed a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, basing that defense upon the contention that defendant was immune from civil prosecution by.virtue оf the principle of judicial immunity.
The trial court sustained the motion to dismiss the complaint and ordered the complaint dismissed at plaintiff’s cоsts. From, the judgment of the trial court, plaintiff has appealed, setting forth the following assignment of error: " ■ ' ‘
“The Court erred in sustaining defendant’s Motion tо Dismiss plaintiff’s Complaint.”
The gist of plaintiff’s claim is that the Clerk of Courts negligently fаiled to record plaintiff’s payment of a traffic fine which resulted in his subsеquent arrest and resulting damages. For the purpose of the motion to dismiss, these allegations must be taken as true.
The question -presented in this appeal' is whether the negligent omission of a Clerk of Courts to pеrform a statutory duty- which proximately causes injury to another is actionable.
*111 R. 0. 1901.31(F) requires the Clerk of a Municipal Court to collect all finеs and to keep a public record of all receipts.
Plaintiff’s injury, if аny, was allegedly caused by the negligent omission of the Clerk of Courts to perform his duties of recording the payment of traffic fines, a statutory duty required of the Clerk by law.
The Court of Appeals for Preble County recеntly held that the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas may be liable for negligеnce as the result of the failure to index a certificate of judgmеnt promptly as required by statute.
Maddox
v.
Astro Investments
(1975),
There is no reason to apply judiciаl immunity to bar an action for negligence in the instant case. The Clerk was not carrying out a specific order of the court where judiciаl immunity would protect him from liability for the judicially mandated act. See
Lockhart
v.
Hoenstine
(C. A. 3, 1969),
Appellant’s assignment of error is sustаined: The judgment of the trial court is reversed and the case is remanded to the trial court for further procedure consistent with this decision.
Judgment reversed.