GOLDSBY v. GERBER

No. 51863.

31 Ohio App. 3d 268 (1987)

GOLDSBY, APPELLANT, v. GERBER, CORONER, APPELLEE.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Cuyahoga County.

Decided March 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ticktin, Baron, Kiepper & Co., L.P.A., and Russell Z. Baron, for appellant Zelma Goldsby.

John T. Corrigan, prosecuting attorney, and Patrick J. Murphy, for appellee Samuel Gerber, Cuyahoga County Coroner.


MARKUS, C.J.

The plaintiff-mother appeals from the dismissal of her action for mandamus, declaratory relief, or injunctive relief. Her complaint sought to compel the county coroner to delete a suicide finding from her daughter's death certificate. She complains that the court required her to prove her claim by clear and convincing evidence, and ruled contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence.

We hold that a decedent's relative cannot challenge the coroner...

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