KOLER v. ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL

Nos. 81-404 and 81-454.

69 Ohio St. 2d 477 (1982)

KOLER, ADMR., APPELLEE, v. ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL; BARTEK ET AL., APPELLANTS. DELIMAN ET AL., APPELLEES, v. READ ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart & DeChant Co., L.P.A., and Mr. Lawrence E. Stewart, for appellee in case No. 81-404.

Reminger & Reminger Co., L.P.A., Mr. Gary H. Goldwasser and Mr. Douglas K. Fifner, for appellants in case No. 81-404.

Mr. Dennis M. Pfizenmayer, for appellee in case No. 81-454.

Miraldi & Barrett Co., L.P.A., Mr. Ray L. Miraldi and Mr. David P. Miraldi, for appellant Read in case No. 81-454.

Messrs. Kitchen, Messner & Deery, Mr. Charles W. Kitchen and Mr. Steven W. Albert, for appellant St. Joseph Hospital in case No. 81-454.


Per Curiam.

Appellants contend that the statute of limitations for malpractice by a physician or hospital, in R. C. 2305.11(A), bars appellees' actions alleging wrongful death. We disagree.

In Klema v. St. Elizabeth's Hospital (1960), 170 Ohio St. 519, this court held, in paragraph one of the syllabus: "Where an alleged negligent act was such as would...

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