VAUGHT v. CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUND.

No. 2001-1970.

98 Ohio St.3d 485 (2003)

2003-Ohio-2181

VAUGHT, APPELLEE, v. CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy R. Pieper, for appellee.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P. and Robin G. Weaver; Roetzel & Andress, R. Mark Jones and Douglas G. Leak, for appellants.

Zavarello & Davis Co., L.P.A., and Rhonda Gail Davis, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.


ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

{¶ 1} In 1997, plaintiff-appellee Carolyn A. Vaught sought treatment at the Cleveland Clinic for chronic right-knee pain. Defendant-appellant Dr. Peter J. Brooks, an employee of defendant-appellant the Cleveland Clinic, was her assigned physician. After an initial examination and consultation, Dr. Brooks recommended total knee-replacement surgery to alleviate appellee's pain and to improve function and mobility. On December...

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