Grant Thornton v. Windsor House, Inc.

This case presents two questions for review: whether this court intends to stand by our 1989 decision in Investors REIT One v. Jacobs, 46 Ohio St. 3d 176, 546 N.E. 2d 206, and whether a care provider participating in the Medicaid reimbursement program is an intended third-party beneficiary of a private auditor’s contract with the ODPW to audit the provider. We answer in the affirmative to the first question and in the negative to the second. Consequently, we reverse the decision of the court of appeals.

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Our decision in Investors governs Windsor’s negligence and malpractice claims. Neither…