Legal Opinion
White v. Leimbach
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided December 8, 2011No. 2010-0988PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Donnell, J.
{¶ 1} Warren H. Leimbach II, M.D., appeals from a judgment of the Tenth District Court of Appeals, which reversed the trial court’s grant of a directed verdict in his favor in an action seeking recovery for injuries following a medical procedure he performed on Robert N. White, allegedly without informed consent. At issue in this appeal is whether a claimant must present expert testimony on each element of the cause of action for failure to obtain informed consent to establish a prima facie case.
*22{¶ 2} The cause of action for a physician’s failure to obtain informed consent is a medical claim,…
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