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OBERLIN v. AKRON GEN. MED. CTR.

No. 99-1876.

91 Ohio St.3d 169 (2001)

OBERLIN ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER; NORTH HILL ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. William Zavarello Co., L.P.A., A. William Zavarello and Rhonda Gail Davis, for appellants.

Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder and John L. Cullen, for appellees.

Mark W. Ruf, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.

PFEIFER, J.

In December 1994, appellee Gregory Hill, D.O., performed a thumb joint fusion and bone graft procedure on appellant Robert C. Oberlin at Akron General Medical Center. In surgery, Hill used a pneumatic tourniquet with the assistance of a nurse. Hill dictated the tourniquet use, including its inflation pressure and the duration of the inflation. At Hill's direction, the tourniquet remained inflated...

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