COSTELL v. TOLEDO HOSPITAL

Nos. 87-532 and 87-442.

38 Ohio St. 3d 221 (1988)

COSTELL, ADMX., ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. TOLEDO HOSPITAL ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 24, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leizerman, McGill & Williams, E. J. Leizerman and Stuart A. Ascher, for appellants.

Eastman & Smith and Rudolph A. Peckinpaugh, Jr., for appellee Toledo Hospital.

Spengler, Nathanson, Heyman, McCarthy & Durfee and James R. Jeffery, for appellees Harold R. Stevens, M.D., and Katchka, Friedman & Crider, Inc.

Jacobson, Maynard, Tuschman & Kalur Co., L.P.A., James M. Tuschman and Janis L. Small, for appellees Robert P. Van Bergen, M.D., and McAlpine, Foster, Montesinos & Van Bergen, Inc.


HOLMES, J.

The findings of the courts below were that Civ. R. 41(A)(1) was a voluntary dismissal upon the merits and also that the prima facie tort is not a recognized cause of action within Ohio's courts. We now reverse in part and affirm in part.

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It has been consistently admitted by the parties that the central issue under Civ. R. 41(A)(1) is whether a voluntary and unilateral dismissal by the plaintiffs is a failure by plaintiffs "otherwise...

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