ESTATE OF MINSER v. POINSATTE

No. WM-98-001.

129 Ohio App.3d 398 (1998)

ESTATE OF MINSER, Appellant, v. POINSATTE et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Sixth District, Williams County.

Decided August 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin W. Williams, Edward L. Murphy, Jr. and Diana C. Bauer, for appellant.

Timothy C. James and Bonnie C. Rowe, for appellees.


SHERCK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted by the Williams County Court of Common Pleas in favor of a tortfeasor who was sued under Ohio's common-law rescue doctrine for the death of a bystander at an automobile accident scene. Because the undisputed facts show that the decedent was removed in both time and space from any rescue attempt, we affirm.

On July 25, 1995, appellee Phillip S. Poinsatte was driving a delivery van owned by appellee...

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