HITCH v. OHIO DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH

Nos. 96API01-92 and 96API01-93.

114 Ohio App.3d 229 (1996)

HITCH, Admr., Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Appellee and Cross-Appellant. HITCH, Admr., Appellee, v. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Tenth District, Franklin County.

Decided September 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Kaufman, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Eric A. Walker and Catharine M. Cola, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee and cross-appellant.


PEGGY BRYANT, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Ohio Department of Mental Health ("ODMH"), appeals from a judgment of the Ohio Court of Claims in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Rosemarie Hitch, Administrator of the estate of Ben Wolanski, Jr. Plaintiff cross-appeals from the trial court's damages award and its denial of prejudgment interest.

On December 8, 1992, Ben Wolanski died at the age of thirty-three. During...

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