Rome v. Flower Memorial Hospital

Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.

The sole issue before this court is whether the term “medical claim” as defined in R.C. 2305.11 includes a claim for a hospital employee’s negligent use of hospital equipment while caring for a patient which allegedly results in an injury to the patient. For the following reasons, we find that these cases involve “medical claims” and, accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

Ordinarily a plaintiff has two years to file a lawsuit for personal injury (R.C. 2305.10). Nevertheless, if the injury is based on a “medical claim,” the plaintiff *16has one…