Case Title: Stark v. Arn

Citation: 1993-Ohio-41

Docket Number: 19930212

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1993-05-19T00:00:00Z

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Stark et al., Appellants, v. Arn et al., Appellees.                              
[Cite as Stark v. Arn (1993,     Ohio St.3d    .]                                
Pleadings -- R.C. 2309.01 is in conflict with Civ.R. 8(A) and                    
     is invalid and of no force and effect -- Ohio Rules of                      
     Civil Procedure control over subsequently enacted                           
     inconsistent statutes purporting to govern procedural                       
     matters.                                                                    
     (No. 93-212 -- Submitted April 21, 1993 -- Decided May 19,                  
1993.)                                                                           
Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Montgomery County, No.                      
13125.                                                                           
                                                                                 
     Freund, Freeze & Arnold and Neil F. Freund, for appellants.                 
     Jacobson, Maynard, Tuschman & Kalur, Gregory C. Gibson and                  
Pamela Pantages; Jenks, Surdyk & Cowdrey and Susan                               
Blasik-Miller, for appellee Kenneth D. Arn, M.D.                                 
     Bieser, Green & Landis and John F. Haviland, for appellees                  
Steven L. Schaerer, M.D., and Dell Park Medical Group, Inc.                      
                                                                                 
     The motion to certify the record is allowed and the                         
judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on authority of                     
Rockey v. 84 Lumber Co. (1993),     Ohio St.3d    ,                              
N.E.2d    .                                                                      
     The cause is remanded to the trial court for a new trial.                   
     Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright,  Resnick, F.E.                  
Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.