Anello v. Hufziger

The question raised by plaintiff-appellant E. M. Anello’s assignment of error (that the trial court “improperly” granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment) is whether to give retroactive effect to the decision in Evans v. Chapman (1986), 28 Ohio St. 3d 132, 28 OBR 228, 502 N.E. 2d 1012. In that case, the Supreme Court held that the provision of R.C. 2305.11(A), “which creates a mechanism for extending the statute of limitations by one hundred eighty days, applies only to malpractice claims against physicians, podiatrists, or hospitals, not to malpractice claims against dentists.” The…