Swiss Reinsurance America Corp. v. Roetzel & Andress

Moore, Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellants, Swiss Reinsurance America Corp., Inc. (“Swiss Re”) and Frontier Insurance Co. (“Frontier”), appeal from the judgment of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in favor of appellees. This court affirms.

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{¶ 2} Frontier retained appellee Tom Treadon to defend its insured, Dr. Thomas Robinson, in a medical malpractice action. Dr. Robinson was accused of failing to timely respond to a telephone call from a hospital emergency room reporting that one of his patients, a seven-and-one-half-month-pregnant woman, had been involved in an…