State ex rel. Blair v. Balraj

We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

In her first proposition of law, appellant argues that R.C. Chapter 313 does not authorize the coroner to draw legal conclusions from the facts she ascertains, citing State v. Cousin (1982), 5 Ohio App.3d 32, 5 OBR 34, 449 N.E.2d 32, in which the Court of Appeals for Seneca County, construing R.C. 313.19, stated:

“The mode or manner can refer to the surrounding physical mechanisms associated with the death, as for example, the thrust of a knife, the course of a bullet or the blow of a blunt instrument. Such things are intimately associated with…