Title: Maxwell v. Lombardi

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 
Maxwell v. Lombardi, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-4700.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2023-OHIO-4700 
MAXWELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMR. OF THE ESTATE OF MAXWELL, 
APPELLEE, v. LOMBARDI ET AL., APPELLANTS. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Maxwell v. Lombardi, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-4700.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Everhart v. Coshocton Cty. 
Mem. Hosp. 
(Nos. 2022-0781 and 2022-0890―Submitted December 20, 2023―Decided 
December 28, 2023.) 
APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, 
No. 21AP-556, 2022-Ohio-1686. 
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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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Elk & Elk Co., Ltd., and R. Craig McLaughlin, for appellee, Joy L. 
Maxwell. 
Collins, Roche, Utley & Garner, L.L.C., and David L. Lester; and Poling 
Law, Brant E. Poling, and Sabrina S. Sellers, for appellants, Adolph V. Lombardi, 
M.D., and Joint Implant Surgeons, Inc. 
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