An Ohio State University freshman who had both his legs amputated last spring after he became infected with a flesh-eating bacteria has sued many of the doctors and nurses who treated him and the hospitals that employ them.

More than 20 parties are named in the lawsuit, including doctors at Ohio Health Corp., Riverside Methodist Hospital, and a doctor employed by OSU Medical Cente...

Attorney Gerald Leeseberg of Columbus, representing the Ohio Association for Justice, said in opposition testimony that the current version of the bill still provides blanket immunity for negligent medical care on the part of emergency room personnel for any patients in any circumstance.

Mr. Leeseberg said only 12 claims were paid in Ohio in all of 2008 involving ER physicians, with th...

CINCINNATI -- The Ohio Supreme Court has enacted a monumental change that impacts doctors and patients, shifting malpractice judgments from doctors’ insurers to the taxpayers.

The ruling means your private doctor can make a serious medical mistake - take off the wrong leg, operate on the wrong side of your brain - and you can never sue him in a jury trial.

It’s a huge departure ...

Malpractice data credited to Ohios caps on damages
Saturday,  February 6, 2010 3:08 AM
By Jim Siegel

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Medical-malpractice claims continue to fall in Ohio, which doctors say is proof that state limits on damages passed in 2003 are having a positive effect.

And it shows that Ohios setup can serve as a model for the nation in the contentio...

Often, one of the biggest issues facing a small start-up firm or new solo practitioner is establishing credibility. After all, legal work isn something most people understand.  For them to trust you with their issues, they have to trust you, period.  As one of many small names out there, you need to distinguish yourself to draw in cli...

THE ARBINO AUTOPSY:  S.B. 80

“You are deluding yourself about the Court,” said the priest.  “[T]hat particular delusion is described thus: before the Law stands a doorkeeper.  To this doorkeeper there comes a man from the country who begs for admittance to the Law.  But the doorkeeper says that he cannot admit the man at the moment.  The man, on...

Why did you decide to become an attorney?
I have always admired the legal systems goal of objectively and dispassionately gathering facts, and having an impartial voice from the community consider and weigh evidence presented by attorneys representing opposing viewpoints, to reach a just and fair result. That process gives equal voice and opportunity to be heard by the pow...

As reported in today’s Gongwer News Service. 

SB 86 PHYSICIAN IMMUNITY  (Buehrer)  To grant qualified civil immunity to a physician who provides emergency medical services, first-aid treatment, or other emergency professional care in compliance with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act or as a result of a disaster.   Full Text  ...

Peter Southard died from a lack of water.

He died two days after leaving Whetstone Gardens & Care Center in 2005.

On Thursday, a Franklin County Common Pleas jury found that his care proved too much for the nursing-home staff and awarded $6.5 million to his family ...

Lawyers can help facilitate changes that affect our society. Those changes can be either small or seismic but attorneys must realize the impact they can make on those who are charged with rendering verdicts and enacting legislation.

This was Gerald Leesebergs message in the Columbus Bar Associations BARbriefs publication. Leeseberg authored the article, "The Lawyer as Social Engineer" for...