SEIFERT v. BURROUGHS

No. 87-1194.

38 Ohio St. 3d 108 (1988)

SEIFERT, ADMR., ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. BURROUGHS; SINGAPURI ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keating, Ritchie, Lyon & Norwine, Michael F. Lyon and Kevin L. Swick, for appellants.

Bloom & Greene Co., L.P.A., Gordon C. Greene and Stephen K. Show, for appellee Mohammed Singapuri, M.D.

Dinsmore & Shohl, Frank C. Woodside III, John E. Schlosser and John E. Jevicky, for appellee Children's Hospital Medical Center.


HOLMES, J.

The law of Ohio is well-settled that an injured party is entitled to only one satisfaction for his injuries, "and that receipt of full compensation from one of several persons whose concurrent acts of negligence are the basis of a suit for damages for personal injuries releases all." (Emphasis added.) Royal Indemnity Co. v. Becker (1930), 122 Ohio St. 582, 589, 173 N.E. 194, 196; see, also, id. at paragraph one of the syllabus...

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