Giusti v. Akron General Medical Center

INTRODUCTION

{¶ 1} George Giusti has sued Akron General Medical Center and various doctors alleging a negligent failure to diagnose and treat an aortic dissection that he believes caused his son’s death. During a discovery deposition, the hospital’s lawyer refused to allow an emergency-room physician to answer certain questions based on the peer-review privilege. Giusti also propounded interrogatories and requests for production of documents to the defendants that garnered similar objections based on the' peer-review privilege. Giusti moved to compel responses to the outstanding questions and…