Cameron v. Children's Hospital Medical Center

OPINION

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity medical-malpractice action, defendant-physicians Warren Bailey and Neil Jobalia and defendant University Surgical Group, Inc., appeal from the district court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment. They claim that they are employees of the state of Ohio and that therefore, under an Ohio statute, are immune from suit in any court other than the Ohio Court of Claims. The district court held the physicians were not employed by the state with respect to the actions that resulted in this lawsuit, and thus are not immune from suit in the district…