Griffin v. Matthews

The issue for consideration in this appeal is whether the trial court properly granted summary judgment to defendant-appellee, Middle-town Hospital Association (“Middle-town Hospital”), with respect to the issue of agency by estoppel. Plaintiff-appellant, Patricia Griffin, the admin-istratrix of the estate of Roger Griffin, filed a wrongful death action against Middletown Hospital, John B. Matthews, M.D., Middletown Emergency Room Physicians, Inc. (“MERP”), and several other defendants.

At 11:00 p.m. on December 5, 1982, the Monroe, Ohio, lifesquad transported plaintiff’s decedent, who was…