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Medical Malpractice OH Supreme Court

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Ohio Supreme Court Resolves Split in Ohio Appellate Courts: Four-Year Statute of Repose for Medical Claims Applies to...

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If a person is injured by medical negligence, the injured person may have a medical malpractice claim and, if the person dies, the person’s family may have a wrongful-death claim. Over time, the Ohio General Assembly passed a...more

Marshall Dennehey

Ohio Medical Malpractice Claim Not Viable Where Claim Against Employee/Alleged Tortfeasor Failed for Lack of Service

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On November 23, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a malpractice claim against a medical practice group under the doctrine of respondiat superior was not viable where the claim against the employee/alleged tortfeasor...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Ohio Supreme Court confirms Wuerth application to medical claims

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​​​​​​​In 2009, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that a plaintiff could not hold a law firm responsible for the actions of an employed attorney if the plaintiff did not pursue a timely action against the individual attorney....more

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Roetzel & Andress: 2020 Appellate Year In Review

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The Appellate Law Practice Group of Roetzel & Andress represented clients in a wide variety of cases in both state and federal courts, appealing adverse trial court rulings and successfully defending lower court victories on...more

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Ohio Supreme Court closes loophole in the statute of repose for medical claims

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The Ohio Supreme Court recently held that Plaintiffs cannot rely on Ohio’s saving statute to re-file medical malpractice cases more than four years after the medical care that gave rise to those claims occurred. The statute...more

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Ohio Supreme Court rules that the savings statute cannot save a late second filing

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The Ohio Supreme Court (Supreme Court) rejected an attempt to use Ohio’s savings statute to resurrect a medical malpractice claim that the Plaintiff had failed to timely serve on one of three Defendants. In Moore v. Mount...more

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