Legal Opinion
Branch v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 2012No. 2011-1634PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcGee Brown, J.
*115{¶ 1} This appeal involves three rulings in a medical-malpractice trial. Appellee, Margaret Branch, suffered a stroke during brain surgery performed at appellant, the Cleveland Clinic. As a result, Branch sued the clinic, claiming that its surgeon had struck a ventricle, causing the stroke.
{¶ 2} Following a jury trial, a verdict was entered for the clinic. Branch appealed, and the Eighth District Court of Appeals found abuses of discretion in three rulings of the trial court. Branch v. Cleveland Clinic Found., 8th Dist. No. 95475, 2011-Ohio-3975, 2011 WL 3505286. The court of appeals found…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Blakemore v. BlakemoreOhio Supreme Court · 1983
- Pang v. MinchOhio Supreme Court · 1990
- State v. CowansOhio Supreme Court · 1999
- Vogel v. WellsOhio Supreme Court · 1991
- Pesek v. University Neurologists Ass'nOhio Supreme Court · 2000
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