HAYWARD v. SUMMA HEALTH SYS.

No. 2013-0021.

139 Ohio St.3d 238 (2014)

2014-Ohio-1913

HAYWARD, Appellee, v. SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM/AKRON CITY HOSPITAL ET AL., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 8, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amer Cunningham Co., L.P.A., Jack Morrison Jr. , Thomas R. Houlihan , Vicki DeSantis , and Michael Schmeltzer , for appellee.

Roetzel & Andress, L.P.A., Douglas G. Leak , Michael J. Hudak , and Betty Davis , for appellants.

Rhonda Davis & Associates, L.L.C., and Rhonda Gail Davis ; Jacquenette S. Corgan ; and Susan J. Lax Law Office and Susan Lax, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Summit County Association for Justice.


KENNEDY, J.

{¶ 1} In this discretionary appeal from a judgment of the Ninth District Court of Appeals, we determine whether the court of appeals erred in holding that a remote-cause jury instruction in a medical-malpractice case resulted in prejudicial error requiring a new trial.

{¶ 2} We accepted defendants-appellants' following proposition of law:

The Ninth District's decision in finding reversible...

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