Swenson v. Ewy

Appellants based their appeal upon the alleged application to the instant cause of the legal principle espoused in Whitt v. Hutchison (1975), 43 Ohio St. *4732d 53, and Tanner v. Espey (1934), 128 Ohio St. 82, that “[i]f one has suffered personal injuries which thereafter were aggravated by the malpractice of an attending physician or surgeon, and then executes a valid, general and unconditional release to the original tortfeasor, on advice of counsel, in full settlement for all present and future claims ánd causes of action, such release operates as a bar to an action against such physician or…