BYRNE v. PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATES, INC., 28 Ohio St.3d 300 (1986)

503 N.E.2d 740

BYRNE ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATES, INC. ET AL., APPELLEES.

No. 85-838Supreme Court of Ohio.
Decided December 22, 1986.

Medical malpractice — R.C. 2305.11(B) — Unconstitutional as applied to minors.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County.

Edward V. Miller Co., L.P.A., Edward V. Miller and William A. Goldman, for appellants.

Bricker Eckler, Gerald L. Draper, Marshall L. Lerner an Richard S. Lovering, for appellee Pediatric Associates, Inc. et al.

Lane, Alton Horst, Jack R. Alton and David B. Petrel, for appellee Children’s Hospital.

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The judgment of the court of appeals in case No. 84AP-593, pursuant to appellants’ Proposition of Law No. I, is hereby reversed on authority of Mominee v. Scherbarth (1986), 28 Ohio St.3d 270, and the cause is remanded.

CELEBREZZE, C.J., SWEENEY, LOCHER, C. BROWN and DOUGLAS, JJ., concur.

HOLMES and WRIGHT, JJ., dissent.