ROME v. FLOWER MEM. HOSP.

No. 93-1517.

70 Ohio St.3d 14 (1994)

ROME ET AL., APPELLEES, v. FLOWER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ET AL., APPELLANTS. EAGER ET AL., APPELLEES, v. ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 3, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newcomer & McCarter, C. Thomas McCarter and Gary E. Horn, for appellees Barbara and Eddie Rome.

Newcomer, Shaffer, Bird & Spangler and John S. Shaffer, for appellees Harold and Gladys Eager.

Robison, Curphey & O'Connell and James E. Brazeau, for appellants Flower Memorial Hospital and St. Vincent Medical Center.


FRANCIS E. SWEENEY, SR., J.

The sole issue before this court is whether the term "medical claim" as defined in R.C. 2305.11 includes a claim for a hospital employee's negligent use of hospital equipment while caring for a patient which allegedly results in an injury to the patient. For the following reasons, we find that these cases involve "medical claims" and, accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

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