Title: Coleman v. Dogra

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Coleman v. Dogra, 108 Ohio St.3d 529, 2006-Ohio-1707.] 
 
 
 
COLEMAN, ADMR., APPELLEE, v. DOGRA ET AL., APPELLANTS. 
[Cite as Coleman v. Dogra, 108 Ohio St.3d 529, 2006-Ohio-1707.] 
Torts — Medical malpractice — Judgment affirmed on the authority of Schirmer 
v. Mt. Auburn Obstetrics & Gynecologic Assoc., Inc. 
(No. 2004-1239 — Submitted April 13, 2005 — Decided April 19, 2006.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County,  
No. 83522, 157 Ohio App.3d 530, 2004-Ohio-3109. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority 
of Schirmer v. Mt. Auburn Obstetrics & Gynecologic Assoc., Inc., 108 Ohio St.3d 
494, 2006-Ohio-942, ___ N.E.2d ___. 
 
MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, PFEIFER and O’CONNOR, JJ., concur. 
 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL and LANZINGER, JJ., dissent. 
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O’DONNELL, J., dissenting. 
{¶ 2} Because the creation of a medical-malpractice action for wrongful 
birth following negligent genetic testing or failure to diagnose a fetal defect does 
not fit into traditional tort analysis and involves matters of public policy better left 
to the General Assembly, as I explained in my dissenting opinion in Schirmer v. 
Mt. Auburn Obstetrics & Gynecologic Assoc., Inc., 108 Ohio St.3d 494, 2006-
Ohio-942, ___ N.E.2d ___, I respectfully dissent. 
 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., concurs in the foregoing opinion. 
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LANZINGER, J., dissenting. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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{¶ 3} For the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in Schirmer v. 
Mt. Auburn Obstetrics & Gynecologic Assoc., Inc., 108 Ohio St.3d 494, 2006-
Ohio-942, ___ N.E.2d ___, I respectfully dissent. 
 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., concurs in the foregoing opinion. 
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Garson & Associates Co., L.P.A., Christian R. Patno, and James A. 
DeRoche, for appellee. 
Reminger & Reminger Co., L.P.A., William A. Meadows, Brian D. 
Sullivan, and Jennifer Rinkes, for appellant Vikram Dogra, M.D. 
 
Davis & Young, Jan L. Roller, and Richard M. Garner, for appellants 
University Hospitals, Cleveland Women’s Health Center, Debra Hanson, C.N.M., 
Sharon Kerwin, C.N.M., and Ann Raffis, C.N.P. 
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