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MOTORISTS MUT. INS. CO. v. HURON RD. HOSP.

No. 94-873.

73 Ohio St.3d 391 (1995)

MOTORISTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. HURON ROAD HOSPITAL ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spero & Rosenfield Co., L.P.A., and Keith E. Spero; Donald D. Weisberger and Marian Rose Nathan, for appellants.

Reminger & Reminger Co., L.P.A., Stephen E. Walters and Nancy F. Zavelson, for appellees Huron Road Hospital, Keith Perrine, M.D., Craig Carter, M.D., and Raymond Malackany, M.D.

REMINGER & REMINGER CO., L.P.A. John R. Scott and Nancy F. Zavelson, for appellees Modesto Peralta, M.D., and Donna J. Waite, M.D.

Reminger & Reminger Co., L.P.A., and Nancy F. Zavelson, for appellees Lake Hospital Systems, Inc., Lake County Hospital East, and Ann Klein Takacs.

Jacobson, Maynard, Tuschman & Kalur and Janis L. Small, for appellees Daniel P. Guyton, M.D., Nandalike S. Shetty, M.D., Claudio Gallo, M.D., Lake County Emergency Services, Dennis Dolgan, M.D., John P. Ferron, M.D., Drs. Hill & Thomas Company, David A. Steiger, M.D., Arthur M. Thynne, M.D., and Euclid Clinic Foundation.

Martindale & Brzytwa, Harry T. Quick and Daniel F. Petticord; and Richard G. Waldron, for appellee Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Northern Ohio, d.b.a. HMO Health Ohio.

PFEIFER, J.

The two issues in this case are: (1) whether a common-law right of indemnity or a statutory right of contribution controls the relationship between a tortfeasor and a medical provider, when the medical provider negligently causes further injury or aggravates the original injury caused by the tortfeasor; and (2) whether the savings statute for wrongful death cases applies to a case in which a complaint has been filed but in which service has not been attempted...

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