Meros v. University Hospitals

As part of the prescription to cure the medical malpractice crisis, the General Assembly, in 1975 (136 Ohio Laws 2809, 2810), amended the medical malpractice statute of limitations, R. C. 2305.11.1 As amended, R. C. 2305.11 precludes the use of the tolling provision, for persons under disabilities, in R. C. 2305.16.2

The present appeal raises questions which relate to the propriety of applying the amended version of R. C. 2305.11 to someone whose cause of action has accrued prior to its effective date.

In the most recent case of Baird v. Loeffter (1982), 69 Ohio St. 2d 533, this court resolved…