BARNES v. UNIV. HOSPS.

No. 2007-0140.

119 Ohio St.3d 173 (2008)

2008-Ohio-3344

BARNES, EXR., Appellee, v. UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND; MEDLINK OF OHIO, INC. ET AL., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bashein & Bashein Co., L.P.A., and W. Craig Bashein; Becker & Mishkind Co., L.P.A., and Michael F. Becker; and Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers, for appellee.

Isaac, Brant, Ledman & Teetor, L.L.P., James M. Roper, J. Stephen Teetor, and Jessica K. Philemond, for appellant MedLink.

Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., and Anne Marie Sferra, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.


LANZINGER, J.

{¶ 1} This discretionary appeal was accepted on the issues of whether a retired judge who was never elected to the bench, but who served as a judge by appointment, is eligible to act as a private judge and whether the trial court is required to analyze the jury's punitive damage award under BMW of N. Am., Inc. v. Gore (1996), 517 U.S. 559, 116 S.Ct. 1589, 134 L.Ed.2d 809. We answer yes to both...

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