Hammonds v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company

CONNELL, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff has filed complaint against the defendant for allegedly inducing the interruption of a physician-patient relationship and for allegedly inducing the divulgence of confidential information gained through that relationship. The case is here by reason of diversity of citizenship, the defendant being a Connecticut corporation, with its principal place of business in Connecticut. As such, the case must be governed by substantive principles of Ohio law. The defendant has now brought this motion to dismiss the complaint, asserting that the pleading fails to allege…