Balascoe v. St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center

Gene Donofeio, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Lucy A. Balascoe, appeals from an order of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court granting summary judgment in favor of defendantappellee, St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, on the grounds that appellant’s claim was barred by the applicable statute of limitations.

In the early morning hours of February 22, 1991, appellant entered the St. Elizabeth Hospital emergency room because of numbness in her right arm. Later that morning, appellant received a nerve-block injection and remained under the care of appellee in the emergency room.

After the…