Metrohealth Med. Ctr. v. Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc.

Ohio Supreme Court

Metrohealth Med. Ctr. v. Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc.

670 N.E.2d 1000, 77 Ohio St. 3d 1410, 1996 Ohio LEXIS 1558

CourtOhio Supreme Court

DecidedOctober 16, 1996

Docket96-1953

StatusPublished

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Metrohealth Med. Ctr. v. Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc., 670 N.E.2d 1000, 77 Ohio St. 3d 1410, 1996 Ohio LEXIS 1558 (Ohio 1996).

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Certified State Law Question, No. 1:93 CV 484. On preliminary memoranda pursuant to S.CtPrac.R. XVIII(6). The court will answer both questions certified by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division:

“For purposes of OHIO REV.CODE ANN. § 2307.31 and § 2307.32, is a contribution-defendant’s liability for wrongful death extinguished by the contribution-plaintiffs settlement with the underlying claimant, which settlement includes a full and final release naming both the contribution-plaintiff and contribution-defendant, where the contribution-defendant had already been dismissed with prejudice as a matter of law from the underlying claimant’s action based upon the statute of limitations?

“For purposes of OHIO REV.CODE ANN. § 2307.31(B), is a contribution-defendant’s liability for wrongful death extinguished by the contribution-plaintiffs settlement with the underlying claimant, which settlement includes a full and final release naming both the contribution-plaintiff and contribution-defendant, where res judicata barred the underlying tort claim against the contribution-defendant?”

Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Stratton, JJ., concur. Cook, J., would answer only the first question.

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Certified State Law Question, No. 1:93 CV 484. On preliminary memoranda pursuant to S.CtPrac.R. XVIII(6). The court will answer both questions certified by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division:

“For purposes of OHIO REV.CODE ANN. § 2307.31 and § 2307.32, is a contribution-defendant’s liability for wrongful death extinguished by the contribution-plaintiffs settlement with the underlying claimant, which settlement includes a full and final release naming both the contribution-plaintiff and contribution-defendant, where the contribution-defendant had already been dismissed with prejudice as a matter of law from the underlying claimant’s action based upon the statute of limitations?

“For purposes of OHIO REV.CODE ANN. § 2307.31(B), is a contribution-defendant’s liability for wrongful death extinguished by the contribution-plaintiffs settlement with the underlying claimant, which settlement includes a full and final release naming both the contribution-plaintiff and contribution-defendant, where res judicata barred the underlying tort claim against the contribution-defendant?”

Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Stratton, JJ., concur. Cook, J., would answer only the first question.

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670 N.E.2d 1000, 77 Ohio St. 3d 1410, 1996 Ohio LEXIS 1558, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/metrohealth-med-ctr-v-hoffman-laroche-inc-ohio-1996.

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