Estate of Carlson v. Tippett

Ford, Presiding Judge.

This is an accelerated calendar appeal from the Lake County Court of Common Pleas. Appellants, the estate of Karen L. Carlson and its administrator, Richard L. Jenkins, appeal from the trial court’s granting of the motion to dismiss of appellees, Peter Tippett, M.D., and Lake Emergency Services, Inc.

Carlson was treated at the emergency room of Lake Hospital System on February 28, 1988, and died of myocardial infarction the following day. On February 16, 1990, Jenkins filed his initial complaint, as administrator, against defendants Tippett, E.M. Glorioso, M.D., Arthur C.…