Kitts v. U.S. Health Corp. of S. Ohio
Ohio Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
Grey, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Scioto County. After the death of her infant daughter, Molly, Teresa Kitts instituted a suit based on medical malpractice and wrongful death. On the day the trial was to begin, the defendants moved for disqualification of Kitts’s chosen counsel, the law firm of Wolske and Blue. The motion was based on ethical considerations. The court granted the motion and disqualified trial counsel as well as all partners and associates of the law firm of Wolske and Blue. We reverse.
Molly Kitts, a Down’s Syndrome child and daughter…
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