GEESAMAN v. ST. RITA'S MED. CTR.

Nos. 2009-1715 and 2009-2094.

127 Ohio St.3d 1259 (2010)

2010-Ohio-5946

GEESAMAN et al., Appellees, v. ST. RITA'S MEDICAL CENTER et al.; Cox, M.D., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowe, Eklund, Wakefield & Mulvihill, L.P.A., Dennis P. Mulvihill , and Gregory S. Scott , for appellees.

Tucker, Ellis & West, L.L.P., and Irene C. Keyse-Walker ; and Adkinson Law Office and Patrick K. Adkinson , for appellant.

Bieser, Greer & Landis, L.L.P., and John F. Haviland , urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.

Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Anne Marie Sferra , and Bridget Purdue Riddell , urging reversal for amici curiae Ohio Hospital Association, Ohio State Medical Association, American Medical Association, Ohio Osteopathic Association, and American Osteopathic Association.

Rourke & Blumenthal, L.L.P., Jonathan R. Stoudt , and Michael J. Rourke , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.


{¶ 1} The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently accepted.

BROWN, C.J., and PFEIFER, GWIN, TYACK, and CUPP, JJ., concur.

LUNDBERG STRATTON and O'DONNELL, JJ., dissent.

W. SCOTT GWIN, J., of the Fifth Appellate District, sitting for O'CONNOR, J.

G. GARY TYACK, J., of the Tenth Appellate District, sitting for LANZINGER, J.

O'DONNELL, J., dissenting.

{¶ 2} Because...

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