Markowitz v. Ohio Department of Insurance

Brown, Judge.

Steven L. Markowitz, M.D., plaintiff-appellant, appeals a decision of the Ohio Court of Claims granting a motion for summary judgment in favor of the Ohio Department of Insurance, defendant-appellee.

On February 13, 1998, appellant filed a class action complaint (on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated) against appellee in the Court of Claims. In his complaint, appellant stated that he is a physician in the state of Ohio with a medical practice located in Parma, Ohio. Appellant was insured since July 1992 by a medical professional liability policy issued to him by…