WIGHT v. OHIO STATE UNIV.

No. 99-001624.

112 Ohio Misc.2d 13 (2001)

WIGHT, Admr., et al. v. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.

Court of Claims of Ohio.

March 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Schrader, Michele Smolin and Paul W. Linehan, for plaintiffs.

Sandra J. Anderson and Kimberly Weber Herlihy, Special Counsel; Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Randall W. Knutti, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.


J. WARREN BETTIS, Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action against defendant setting forth claims for relief in wrongful death, survivorship, and funeral expenses.1 Defendant denied liability and the case was tried to the court on the sole issue of liability.

In the spring of 1997, plaintiffs' decedent, Shawn Wight, was a graduate student in defendant's geology department, wherein he volunteered to participate in a high-altitude expedition...

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