State ex rel. Smith v. Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

{¶ 1} This is a mandamus action to compel a common pleas court to vacate orders to transfer venue, accept venue over a medical-malpractice case, and adjudicate the merits of that case.

{¶ 2} Relator, Carla Smith, is the administrator of the estate of her deceased son, Edward Smith II. Smith is a resident of Ashland County, Ohio, as was the decedent.

{¶ 3} On April 2, 2003, Smith filed a medical-malpractice and wrongful-death action in respondent Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. Smith named respondent Cleveland Clinic Foundation (“Cleveland Clinic”), Rajyalakshmi Rambhatla, M.D., Cleveland…