HAVEL v. VILLA ST. JOSEPH

No. 2010-2148.

131 Ohio St.3d 235 (2012)

2012-Ohio-552

HAVEL, Appellee, v. VILLA ST. JOSEPH ET AL., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 15, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Dickson Firm, L.L.C., and Blake A. Dickson , for appellee.

Bonezzi, Switzer, Murphy, Polito & Hupp Co., L.P.A., Bret C. Perry , Stephen J. Hupp , and Donald J. Richardson , for appellants.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, Alexandra T. Schimmer , Solicitor General, and Laura Eddleman Heim , Deputy Solicitor, urging reversal on behalf of amicus curiae state of Ohio.

Davis & Young and Richard M. Garner , urging reversal on behalf of amicus curiae Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.

Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Anne Marie Sferra , and Bridget Purdue Riddell , urging reversal on behalf of amici curiae Ohio Alliance for Civil Justice, Ohio Hospital Association, and Physician Insurers Association of America.

Law Offices of John C. Camillus, L.L.C., and John C. Camillus , urging affirmance on behalf of amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.


O'DONNELL, J.

{¶ 1} The Eighth District Court of Appeals certified a conflict between its decision in this case and a decision of the Tenth District Court of Appeals in Hanners v. Ho Wah Genting Wire & Cable SDNBHD, 10th Dist. No. 09AP-361, 2009-Ohio-6481, 2009 WL 4698618, on the following question: "Whether R.C. 2315.21(B), as amended by S.B. 80, effective April 7, 2005 is unconstitutional...

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