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$25M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Sepsis

July 6, 2026

On July 1, 2026, an Ohio medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in the amount of $25 million for the death of an Ohio man whose sepsis was allegedly not timely diagnosed and treated by a hospital in October 2021, leading to a hemorrhagic stroke and subsequent death due to bacte[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Rules Medical Malpractice Case May Have Been Timely Filed

January 4, 2026

On July 20, 2021, Isidora Tsonis went to Miami\Valley Hospital (“MVH”) for an electrophysiology study, a cardiology procedure requiring general anesthesia with intubation. Edward Jones, a certified registered nurse anesthetist, provided anesthetic services for the procedure. According to Tsonis�[...]

Ohio Supreme Court Discusses Naming “Additional” Defendants In Medical Malpractice Cases

December 5, 2025

In Ohio, a medical malpractice plaintiff must commence a medical-claim action within one year after the cause of action accrued. R.C. 2305.113(A). Under Civ.R. 3(A), “[a] civil action is commenced by filing a complaint with the court, if service is obtained within one year from such filing upon a [...]

Ohio Supreme Court Discusses Peer Review Privilege In Medical Malpractice Cases

February 12, 2025

Peer Review Privilege The peer review privilege applies to proceedings and records within the scope of a peer review committee of a health care entity.” R.C. 2305.252(A). A “peer review committee” is defined as: [A] utilization review committee, quality assessment committee, performance improv[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Determines Statute Of Repose Cannot Save Late-Filed Medical Malpractice Case

December 6, 2023

Background Facts On December 3, 2020, plaintiffs—husband and wife—filed a complaint against defendants asserting causes of action for professional negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, loss of consortium, and vicarious liability. Thecomplaint asserted that Mr. Rankin was under [...]

Ohio Supreme Court Rules Absconding Doctor Tolls Medical Malpractice Statute Of Repose

March 27, 2023

Ohio Doctor absconds and is protected by statue of repose: The Ohio Supreme Court stated in its December 6, 2022 opinion: “This discretionary appeal asks whether the four-year statute of repose cuts off a plaintiff’s time for filing a medical-malpractice claim when the defendant has fled the[...]

Ohio Supreme Court Rules Medical Provider’s Employer Cannot Be Held Vicariously Liable For Employee’s Negligence Where Statute Of Limitations Expired For Claim Against Employee

February 3, 2023

Medical Provider’s Employer Cannot Be Held Vicariously Liable For Employee’s Negligence: In its opinion dated November 23, 2022, the Supreme Court of Ohio stated, “In this appeal, we consider whether a plaintiff may prevail on a claim of chiropractic malpractice against a chiroprac[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Ohio Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Claim, Finding Statute Of Repose Did Not Apply

August 8, 2022

Court Revives Wrongful Death Claim: In its opinion filed on May 19, 2022, the Court of Appeals of Ohio Tenth Appellate District (“Ohio Appellate Court”) revived an Ohio medical malpractice case in which the trial court had granted summary judgment to the defendant, stating, “on the[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Upholds New Trial For Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

April 21, 2019

The Court of Appeals of Ohio (“Ohio Appellate Court”) upheld a lower court’s grant of a new trial to the Ohio medical malpractice plaintiff in its opinion filed on April 11, 2019, stating: “Based on the inconsistencies in [the defense expert’s] testimony relating to [th[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Rules Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Missed One-Year Statute Of Limitations

April 6, 2018

The Ohio Court of Appeals Ninth Judicial Circuit (“Ohio Appellate Court”) ruled in a case it decided on March 14, 2018 that the plaintiff’s Ohio medical malpractice lawsuit was untimely because it was not filed within Ohio’s one year statute of limitations for medical malprac[...]

Ohio Hospital And Cardiology Group Agree To Settle Unnnecessary Angioplasty/Stent Allegations

January 15, 2013

On January 7, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the settlement of claims against an Ohio hospital and a group of cardiologists who allegedly performed unnecessary angioplasties and stent placements in patients at the hospital. The hospital, EMH Regional Medical Center (“EMH̶[...]

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