ESTATE OF HALL v. AKRON GEN. MED.

No. 2008-1980.

125 Ohio St.3d 300 (2010)

2010-Ohio-1041

ESTATE OF HALL, APPELLEE, v. AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER ET AL.; PATTERSON ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers; Stan B. Schneiderman; and Gary T. Mantkowski, for appellee.

Roetzel & Andress, L.P.A., Douglas G. Leak, and Stacy Ragon, for appellants.


LUNDBERG STRATTON, J.

{¶ 1} The issue before us is whether the plaintiff in this medical malpractice case was entitled to a jury instruction on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. The defendants-appellants argue that the plaintiff was not entitled to the instruction for two reasons: (1) the plaintiff presented testimony of expert witnesses who offered opinions on the specific act of negligence that they believe caused the injury and (2) evidence was...

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