State ex rel. Sanquily v. Court of Common Pleas

To obtain a writ of prohibition, a relator must show that the respondent is about to exercise judicial or quasi-judicial power, that such exercise of power is unauthorized *79by law, and that the relator has no other adequate remedy at law. State, ex rel. Fyffe, v. Pierce (1988), 40 Ohio St. 3d 8, 531 N.E. 2d 673.

It is apparent that the appellee common pleas court intends to exercise judicial power over the merits of the malpractice case, for it has rejected Sanquily’s argument that it lacks jurisdiction. The dispute centers on the other two elements of Sanquily’s prohibition claim: whether the…