The Ohio First District Court of Appeals (“Ohio Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on March 12, 2021 that the five consolidated appeals in the several hundred cases involving alleged medical malpractice by defendant Abubakar Atiq Durrani, M.D. (“Durrani”)… Read More
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Ohio Supreme Court Holds Statute Of Repose Cannot Save Medical Malpractice Case That Was Filed Too Late
In its decision dated December 23, 2020, the Ohio Supreme Court held: “This appeal asks whether a plaintiff may take advantage of Ohio’s saving statute to refile a medical claim after the applicable one-year statute of limitations has expired if… Read More
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Ohio Governor Reports 60% Of Nursing Home Workers Have Refused COVID-19 Vaccine
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine reported on December 30, 2020 that 60% of Ohio’s nursing home workers have refused the COVID-19 vaccine. Governor DeWine stated during the December 30, 2020 press conference, “Our bigger concern is the amount of staff who… Read More
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Ohio Supreme Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Case Filed Too Late
The Supreme Court of Ohio (“Ohio Supreme Court”) affirmed in its opinion filed on August 20, 2020 that an Ohio medical malpractice case was filed too late and that the defendants were properly granted summary judgment by the lower court,… Read More
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Ohio Supreme Court Holds Juror’s Post-Trial Letter Expressing Remorse Cannot Overturn Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict
The Supreme Court of Ohio (“Ohio Supreme Court”) held in its opinion dated July 23, 2020, “This case involves a jury verdict rendered late on a Friday evening in favor of the defense in a medical-malpractice action. After the trial… Read More
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Ohio Appellate Court Discusses Statute Of Limitations In Foreign Object Medical Malpractice Cases
In its Decision filed on February 5, 2020, the Ohio Court of Appeals Ninth Judicial District (“Ohio Appellate Court”) stated, “in a foreign object medical malpractice case the injury is the presence of the foreign object in the patient’s body… Read More
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Federal Sixth Circuit Holds Ohio’s Affidavit Of Merit Requirement Does Not Apply In Federal Medical Malpractice Case
In its opinion published on November 7, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) addressed whether a federal inmate who had surgery while imprisoned in a federal prison in Ohio that left him… Read More
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Nearly $4M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Cleveland Clinic Physician For Permanent Facial Nerve Neuropathy
An Ohio medical malpractice jury listened to testimony and considered the evidence it was provided during a week-and-a-half trial after which it found the defendant Cleveland Clinic physician medically negligent in causing the plaintiff’s permanent facial nerve neuropathy during a… Read More
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Former Nursing Home Employee Convicted Of Raping 85-Year-Old Resident Has Been Re-Sentenced As Sexual Predator
A 56-year-old man who worked in an Ohio nursing home was convicted of raping an 85-year-old resident in 2000. The victim was reportedly one of three nursing home residents that he told his girlfriend that he had raped while he… Read More
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Did Neil Armstrong Die As A Result Of Medical Malpractice?
Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon 50 years ago this past week, died at the age of 82, reportedly as a result of medical malpractice. An article in The New York Times on July 23, 2019… Read More
