Boggs v. State

The issue presented is whether a court of common pleas has concurrent jurisdiction with the Court of Claims over a cause of action against the state of Ohio, involving The Ohio State University Hospitals. For the reasons that follow, this court holds that the Court of Claims has exclusive, original jurisdiction over claims filed against the state alleging negligence of employees of The Ohio State University Hospitals. We, therefore, affirm.

Section 16, Article I of the Ohio Constitution provides, in pertinent part, that “[s]uits may be brought against the state, in such courts and in such…