EASTLEY v. VOLKMAN

Nos. 09CA3308, 09CA3309

2010 Ohio 4771

Paula Eastley, Administrator of the Estate of Steven Hieneman, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul Holland Volkman, M.D., Defendant, Denise Huffman, d/b/a Tri-State Health Care, Defendant-Appellant, and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Intervenor.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Fourth District, Scioto County.

Released September 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Gams and M. Jason Founds, Gallagher, Gams, Pryor, Tallan & Littrell, L.L.P., Columbus, Ohio and James L. Mann, Mann & Preston, L.L.P., Chillicothe, Ohio, for Appellant Denise Huffman, d/b/a Tri-State Health Care.

Thomas M. Spetnagel, Spetnagel & McMahon, Chillicothe, Ohio, and Stanley C. Bender, Portsmouth, Ohio, for Appellee Paula Eastley, Administrator of the Estate of Steven Hieneman.

John F. McLaughlin, Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, L.L.P., Cincinnati, Ohio, for Intervenor State Farm Fire and Casualty Company.


DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY

HARSHA, J.

{¶1} The estate of Steven Hieneman sued Denise Huffman, owner of the Tri-State Healthcare pain management clinic, and Paul Volkman, M.D., a physician at the clinic, for Hieneman's wrongful death. While a patient at the clinic, Hieneman received treatment from Volkman, who gave him prescriptions for oxycodone, xanax, and valium. The next day, Hieneman died due to the acute combined effects of these...

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