Legal Opinion
Pratt v. Payne
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided July 3, 2003No. 02-CV-3153, C.A. No. 19577PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Brogan, Judge.
{¶ 1} In June 1995, David Shaffer died as a result of seizures and related cardiac arrest. Subsequently, Robert Pratt, administrator of the estate of David R. Shaffer, Donald Shaffer, and Sarah Shaffer (“appellants”), filed a medical malpractice action against two hospitals and four physicians, including Dr. Muskesh Patel. Patel was the internist who had admitted Shaffer to the intensive care unit of Wilson Memorial Hospital shortly before Shaffer’s death. On admission, Shaffer had low blood platelets (thrombocytopenia), blood in the urine (hematuria), and pancreatitis.…
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