Simms v. Alliance Community Hosp., 2007-Ca-00225 (2-25-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-Appellant Patricia Simms, the Personal Representative of the Estate of Agnes Plumley, deceased, appeals a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Stark County, Ohio, which granted a partial summary judgment in favor of defendants the Alliance Community Hospital and various John Does. Appellant assigns a single error to the trial court:

{¶ 2} "THE TRIAL COURT ERRED WHEN IT HELD THAT THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE ALWAYS BEGINS TO EXPIRE WHEN THE PATIENT DIES."

{¶ 3} The record indicates decedent Agnes Plumley was admitted to the general medical…