Johnson v. Department of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities

Jewell M. Maines, as guardian of Hubert Johnson, filed this action on February 23, 1984, alleging that while Johnson was a retarded inpatient, and thus an invitee, at the defendant Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities facility located in the city of Warrensville, Cuyahoga County, the defendant negligently caused, permitted or allowed Johnson to receive personal injury, directly and proximately causing serious personal injury and great pain and suffering.

Johnson died August 17, 1985 (not as a result of his injury) and on September 17,1986, the guardian filed a…