MOMINEE v. SCHERBARTH

Nos. 85-688 and 85-1039.

28 Ohio St. 3d 270 (1986)

MOMINEE ET AL., APPELLEES, v. SCHERBARTH ET AL., APPELLANTS. GREGORY ET AL., APPELLEES, v. ARMSTRONG ET AL., APPELLANTS. JORDAN ET AL., APPELLEES, v. MAUMEE VALLEY HOSPITAL ET AL., APPELLANTS. WAINSTEIN, APPELLANT, v. UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank W. Cubbon, Jr. & Associates Co., L.P.A., and Frank W. Cubbon, Jr., for appellees Paul C. Mominee, Jr. et al.

Manahan, Pietrykowski & Bamman and H. William Bamman, for appellant R.E. Scherbarth, M.D.

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, Robert G. Clayton, Jr. and H. Frank McDaniel, Jr., for appellant Margaret B. Miller, M.D.

Robison, Curphey & O'Connell and E. Thomas Maguire, for appellant Flower Hospital.

Frank W. Cubbon, Jr. & Associates Co., L.P.A., and Thomas W. Gallagher, for appellees Maurice D. Gregory et al.

Robision, Curphey & O'Connell, E. Thomas Maguire and James R. Brazeau, for appellant Carl L. Armstrong, M.D.

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, Robert G. Clayton, Jr. and H. Frank McDaniel, Jr., for appellant Toledo Hospital.

Frank W. Cubbon, Jr. & Associates Co., L.P.A., and Guy T. Barone, for appellees Bliss Jordan, Jr. et al.

Anthony G. Pizza, prosecuting attorney, and Jeffrey B. Johnston, for appellants Maumee Valley Hospital and Lucas County Commrs.

Manahan, Pietrykowski & Bamman and Thomas J. Manahan, for appellant Enrico T. Farinas, Jr., M.D.

Jones, Schell & Schaefer, Willis P. Jones, Jr. and Sandra E. Plunkett, for appellant S.S. Purewal, M.D.

Michael F. Lyon, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Nurkes & Perantinides Co., L.P.A., Paul G. Perantinides, Elizabeth B. Manning and Linda Tucci Teodosio, urging affirmance for amici curiae, Michael G. Finegan and Douglas Unrue, minors.

Bricker & Eckler, James J. Hughes, Jr. and Elizabeth A. Squeglia, urging reversal for amicus, curiae, Ohio Hospital Association.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, James E. Pohlman, William M. Todd and Kathy N. Seward, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio State Medical Assn.

Case No. 85-1039

Spangenberg, Shibley, Trad & Lancione, John G. Lancione and Paige A. Martin, for appellant.

Reminger & Reminger Co., L.P.A. and Gary H. Goldwasser, for appellee University Hospitals of Cleveland.

Rhoa, Follen, Rawlin & Johnson Co., L.P.A., Albert J. Rhoa and W. Andrew Hoffman III, for appellee Marvin L. Whitman, M.D.


SWEENEY, J.

The single issue raised in this consolidated cause is whether R.C. 2305.11(B), as applied to minors, violates the due process or due course of law provisions of the Ohio Constitution.

Given the important considerations involved in these controversies, a brief history of the various challenges to R.C. 2305.11 is essential to the resolution of the cause sub judice.

Prior to the effective date of the amended statute in issue (July 28...

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