Case Title: Geesaman v. St. Rita's Med. Ctr.

Citation: 2010-Ohio-5946

Docket Number: 20091715 and 20092094

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-12-09T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as Geesaman v. St. Rita’s Med. Ctr., 127 Ohio St.3d 1259, 2010-Ohio-5946.] 
 
 
GEESAMAN ET AL., APPELLEES, v. ST. RITA’S MEDICAL CENTER ET AL.; 
COX, M.D., APPELLANT. 
[Cite as Geesaman v. St. Rita’s Med. Ctr.,  
127 Ohio St.3d 1259, 2010-Ohio-5946.] 
Appeal dismissed as improvidently accepted. 
(Nos. 2009-1715 and 2009-2094 — Submitted October 12, 2010 — Decided 
December 9, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Allen County, No. 1-08-65, 
183 Ohio App.3d 555, 2009-Ohio-3931. 
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{¶ 1} The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently 
accepted. 
 
 
BROWN, C.J., and PFEIFER, GWIN, TYACK, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
 
LUNDBERG STRATTON and O’DONNELL, JJ., dissent. 
 
W. SCOTT GWIN, J., of the Fifth Appellate District, sitting for O’CONNOR, 
J. 
 
G. GARY TYACK, J., of the Tenth Appellate District, sitting for 
LANZINGER, J. 
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O’DONNELL, J., dissenting.  
{¶ 2} Because I do not agree that juries should be instructed on alternate 
theories of recovery in cases of this distinction, I would reverse the judgment of 
the Third District Court of Appeals and affirm the judgment of the trial court. 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., concurs in the foregoing opinion. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Lowe, Eklund, Wakefield & Mulvihill, L.P.A., Dennis P. Mulvihill, and 
Gregory S. Scott, for appellees. 
 
Tucker, Ellis & West, L.L.P., and Irene C. Keyse-Walker; and Adkinson 
Law Office and Patrick K. Adkinson, for appellant. 
Bieser, Greer & Landis, L.L.P., and John F. Haviland, urging reversal for 
amicus curiae Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. 
Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Anne Marie Sferra, and Bridget Purdue Riddell, 
urging reversal for amici curiae Ohio Hospital Association, Ohio State Medical 
Association, American Medical Association, Ohio Osteopathic Association, and 
American Osteopathic Association. 
Rourke & Blumenthal, L.L.P., Jonathan R. Stoudt, and Michael J. Rourke, 
urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice. 
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