Ohio Supreme Court Resolves Split in Ohio Appellate Courts: Four-Year Statute of Repose for Medical Claims Applies to Wrongful-Death Actions

If a person is injured by medical negligence, the injured person may have a medical malpractice claim and, if the person dies, the person’s family may have a wrongful-death claim. Over time, the Ohio General Assembly passed a number of statutes of limitation governing how long one has to file a claim once medical negligence is discovered, as well as statutes of repose placing an absolute time limit on lawsuits for medical negligence, regardless of when the injury may be discovered….
By: Steptoe & Johnson PLLC