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“While Walls’s role was vital and essential to the hospital, he was not engaged in the active practice of medicine or in a role adjunctive to patient care.”
Justice Fischer, opinion of the Court
On September 22, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Johnson v. Abdullah, Slip Opinion No.
“It violates an adult’s right to due process to treat the adult as an incompetent and to deprive that adult of his or her autonomy without an adjudication that the adult is incompetent and without prior notice and an opportunity to be heard on the issue of his or her competency.”
Justice Fischer, majority opinion…
Update: On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“But you just keep telling me why it’s (the trial court decision’s) wrong—tell me why it’s a final order?”
Justice DeWine, to Carol Thomasson’s counsel
“Does the appointment of the GAL preclude your…
Update: On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read an analysis of the oral argument here.
On November 21, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Charles W. Thomasson v. Carol J. Thomasson, 2016-1629…
