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Update: On November 25, 2014, the plaintiffs filed a satisfaction of judgment in the case.
Case Background
Larry Moretz had suffered from acute back pain for many years. In 2005, Dr. Kamel Muakkassa, a neurosurgeon, diagnosed Moretz with an anterior sacral menigocele, a rare type of cyst in the lower spinal cord. Muakkassa referred Moretz…
On May 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Hayward v. Summa Health Sys./Akron City Hosp., 2014-Ohio-1913. I’m going to quote the headnote verbatim on what the Court held in this 6-1 decision authored by Justice Kennedy. Understandably, there is no syllabus in this case.
“When a jury’s…
Update: On May 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On November 20, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Theresa Hayward v. Summa Health System/Akron City Hospital, et. al.,…
Read what happened on remand in this case here.
On October 24, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Mortez v. Muakkassa, 2013-Ohio-4656. In a 5-2 decision written by Chief Justice O’Connor, the Court reversed a medical malpractice jury verdict for the plaintiffs on a number of evidentiary grounds. Justice…
Update: On October 24, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On April 9, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Moretz v. Muakkassa, 2012-0797. This case presents evidentiary questions pertaining to the late filing of a trial deposition…
Update: On October 24, 2013 the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On April 9, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Moretz v. Muakkassa, 2012-0797. This case presents several evidentiary…
