Legal Opinion
Penniman v. Univ. Hosps. Health Sys., Inc.
Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County
Decided May 2, 2019No. 107406PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARRY A. JONES, SR., J.:
{¶ 1} Plaintiffs-appellants Wendy and Rick Penniman (the "Pennimans") appeal the trial court's dismissal of their declaratory judgment action. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
{¶ 2} This case stems from an incident in March 2018 in which a freezer malfunction at one of defendants-appellees University Hospitals Health System, Inc.'s ("UHHS") facilities caused the destruction of a number of human eggs and/or embryos being stored at the facility. The Pennimans allege that one or more of their cryogenically preserved embryos were destroyed as a result of the…
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