Eannottie v. Carriage Inn of Steubenville

DeGenaro, Judge.

{¶ 1} This matter comes for consideration upon the record in the trial court, the parties’ briefs, and their oral arguments before this court. Appellant, Helen Eannottie, appeals from the judgment of the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in favor of appellee, Trinity Health System. This case involves the discovery of a sponge placed and then left inside Eannot-tie’s wound sometime after she had surgery to remove a sarcoma. The issues we must resolve are (1) whether the possibility that several parties could have placed and then left the sponge in…