Title: Wood v. Lynch

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Wood v. Lynch, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-4698.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2023-OHIO-4698 
WOOD, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMR. OF THE ESTATE OF WOOD, APPELLEE, v. 
LYNCH ET AL., APPELLANTS. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Wood v. Lynch, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-4698.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Everhart v. Coshocton Cty. 
Mem. Hosp. 
(Nos. 2022-0693 and 2022-0880―Submitted December 20, 2023―Decided 
December 28, 2023.) 
APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, 
No. 20AP-289, 2022-Ohio-1381. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the Tenth District Court of Appeals is reversed on 
the authority of Everhart v. Coshocton Cty. Mem. Hosp., __ Ohio St.3d __, 2023-
Ohio-4670, __ N.E.3d __. 
KENNEDY, C.J., and FISCHER, DEWINE, DONNELLY, STEWART, BRUNNER, 
and DETERS, JJ., concur. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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Colley Shroyer & Abraham Co., L.P.A., and David I. Shroyer, for appellee, 
James B. Wood. 
FisherBroyles, L.L.P., Robert B. Graziano, and Michael R. Traven, for 
appellants David Patrick Lynch, D.O., and OhioHealth Primary Care Physicians. 
Arnold Todaro Welch & Foliano Co., L.P.A., Gregory B. Foliano, and Grier 
D. Schaffer, for appellants Mount Carmel Health System, Mount Carmel Health 
Providers III, L.L.C., d.b.a. Mount Carmel Health Providers, and Diley Ridge 
Medical Center. 
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