Galloway v. Hood

This is a malpractice action, which was filed in Common Pleas Court on May 9, 1941, by the appellant as plaintiff against the defendants, appellees herein, who are attorneys at law, duly admitted to practice in this state. The' action sought a recovery for alleged nonfeasance in the handling of plaintiff’s claims under the Ohio workmen’s compensation law.

The petition of plaintiff asserted two causes of action, based upon the following alleged, substantive facts:

Plaintiff, in 1934 and theretofore, was an employee of The Spicer Manufacturing Company of Toledo, Ohio, a self-insurer under the…