EMBASSY HEALTHCARE v. BELL

No. 2017-1031.

122 N.E.3d 117 (2018)

155 Ohio St.3d 430

2018-Ohio-4912

EMBASSY HEALTHCARE, d.b.a. Carlisle Manor Healthcare, Appellee, v. BELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 12, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A., Daniel A. Friedlander , and Jeffrey Sobeck ; Tucker Ellis, L.L.P., and Susan M. Audey , Cleveland, for appellee.

Pro Seniors, Inc., Cincinnati, and Miriam H. Sheline , for appellant.

Cathlene Beck and Scott E. Torguson , urging reversal for amicus curiae the Legal Aid Society of Columbus.

Rebecca Steinhauser , Defiance, and Heather Hall , Dayton, urging reversal for amicus curiae Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc.

Katherine B. Hollingsworth and Thomas Mlakar , Jefferson, urging reversal for amicus curiae the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.

Andrew D. Neuhauser and Michael F. Harrington , urging reversal for amicus curiae Southeastern Ohio Legal Services.

John M. Petit , urging reversal for amicus curiae Community Legal Aid Services.

Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., and Margaret M. Murray , Sandusky, urging reversal for amicus curiae the Ohio Association for Justice.


{¶ 1} In this appeal, we consider whether a creditor's failure to present its claim for unpaid expenses to a decedent's estate within the six-month statute of limitations in R.C. 2117.06 bars a later action against the decedent's surviving spouse under R.C. 3103.03, Ohio's necessaries statute. A divided panel of the Twelfth District...

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