Krupansky v. Pascual

Loe. R. 20 of the Court of Common Pleas of Lorain County and C. P. Sup. R. 15 provide that the report and award of an arbitration board will be entered as judgment in the cause unless “appealed” from within thirty days. Case No. 3850 was consolidated with case No. 3861. In case No. 3850 we face the issue of whether this local rule provision can be applied to medical malpractice claims in light of R.C. 2711.21, the medical malpractice arbitration statute. We find the local rule to be inconsistent with the statute and therefore reverse the judgment of the trial court. We hold in case No. 3861…