McCarthy v. Lee

• Docket Number: 2022-0717,2022-0718
• Decision Date: 28 December 2023
• Parties: McCarthy et al., Appellees, v. Lee et al., Appellants.
• Court: Ohio Supreme Court

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2023-Ohio-4699

McCarthy et al., Appellees,
v.
Lee et al., Appellants.

Nos. 2022-0717, 2022-0718

Supreme Court of Ohio

December 28, 2023

Submitted December 20, 2023

APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 21AP-105, 2022-Ohio-1033.

Beausay & Nichols Law Firm, T. Jeffrey Beausay, and Sara C. Nichols, for appellees, Kathleen McCarthy (deceased) and Brett McCarthy.

FisherBroyles, L.L.P., Michael R. Traven, and Robert B. Graziano, for appellants, Peter K. Lee, M.D., OhioHealth Colon and Rectal Surgeons, and OhioHealth Physicians Group, Inc.

{¶ 1} The judgment of the Tenth District Court of Appeals is reversed on the authority of Everhart v. Coshocton Cty. Mem. Hosp.,__ Ohio St.3d___, 2023-Ohio-4670, __N.E.3d __

KENNEDY, C.J., and FISCHER, DEWINE, DONNELLY, STEWART, and DETERS, JJ., concur.

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Brunner, J., dissents for the reasons set forth in her dissenting opinion in Everhart.