GRIFFITH v. AULTMAN HOSP.

No. 2014-1055.

146 Ohio St.3d 196 (2016)

2016-Ohio-1138

54 N.E.3d 1196

GRIFFITH, EXR., APPELLANT, v. AULTMAN HOSPITAL, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tzangas Plakas Mannos, Ltd., Lee E. Plakas , and Megan J. Frantz Oldham , for appellant.

Milligan Pusateri Co., L.P.A., Richard S. Milligan , Paul J. Pusateri , and Thomas J. Himmelspach , for appellee.

Vivian Whalen Duffrin and Kathleen Tatarsky , urging reversal for amicus curiae Stark County Association for Justice.

Willis & Willis Co., L.P.A., and Mark C. Willis , urging reversal for amici curiae Ohio Association for Justice and Summit County Association for Justice.

Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.P.A., Kathleen J. St. John , and David M. Paris , urging reversal for amicus curiae AARP.

Freking & Betz and Mark W. Napier , urging reversal for amicus curiae Southwest Ohio Trial Lawyers Association.

Reminger Co., L.P.A., Martin T. Galvin , and David Valent , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio.

Squire Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Keith Shumate , and Heather Stutz , urging affirmance for amici curiae Ohio Hospital Association, Ohio State Medical Association, Ohio Osteopathic Association, and Ohio Alliance for Civil Justice.

Sean McGlone , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Hospital Association.


{¶ 1} In this appeal from the Fifth District Court of Appeals, we consider the definition of "medical record" as it is used in R.C. 3701.74. Appellant, Gene`a Griffith ("Griffith"), advances the following proposition of law: "A hospital should not be permitted to withhold...

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