ELLIOT v. DURRANI

No. 2021-1352.

216 N.E.3d 641 (2022)

171 Ohio St.3d 213

2022-Ohio-4190

ELLIOT, Appellee, v. DURRANI, Appellant, et al.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 6, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Winter Jr. ; James F. Maus ; and Statman Harris, L.L.C., and Alan Statman , Cincinnati, for appellee.

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, L.L.P., Aaron M. Herzig , Russell S. Sayre , Philip D. Williamson , and Anna M. Greve , Cincinnati, for appellant.

Squire Patton Boggs (U.S.), L.L.P., Lauren S. Kuley , and Jeffrey W. DeBeer , Cincinnati, urging reversal for amici curiae Ohio Hospital Association, Ohio State Medical Association, and Ohio Osteopathic Association.

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

Flowers & Grube, Paul W. Flowers , Cincinnati, Melissa A. Ghrist , and Louis E. Grube , Cincinnati, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.


{¶ 1} This discretionary appeal asks whether the four-year statute of repose cuts off a plaintiff's time for filing a medical-malpractice claim when the defendant has fled the country before the statute of repose has expired. We hold that by its plain language, R.C. 2305.15(A) tolls the medical-claim statute of repose...

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