581 N.E.2d 529 (Ohio 1991), 91-322, Hodge v. Middletown Hospital Assn.

Citation: 581 N.E.2d 529, 62 Ohio St.3d 236

Opinion Judge: HERBERT R. BROWN, J.

Party Name: HODGE, Appellant, v. MIDDLETOWN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; First National Bank of Southwestern Ohio, Executor, Appellee.

Attorney: Medicare Part A benefits fall under the definition of insurance in R.C. 2305. 27, and therefore do not reduce medical malpractice damage awards., Appellant, Levi Hodge, initiated an action alleging negligence against hospital technician Karen Lawson and Middletown Hospital Association, a.k.a. Mid...

Judge Panel: MOYER, C.J., and WRIGHT, J., concur. SWEENEY, DOUGLAS and RESNICK, JJ., concur in part and dissent in part. HOLMES, J., concurs in judgment only. DOUGLAS, Justice, concurring in part and dissenting in part. SWEENEY and RESNICK, JJ., concur in the foregoing opinion.

Case Date: December 18, 1991

Court: Ohio Supreme Court