Ohio Justices Urged to Affirm Medical Malpractice Cap’s Reach

A doctor’s office told the Ohio Supreme Court Tuesday that it should reduce a judgment obtained by an elderly patient who lost an eye after surgery by about $1 million.

The state’s 2003 tort reform law capping noneconomic damages for serious injuries resulting from medical malpractice at $500,000 is constitutional as applied to this case, attorney Bradley D. McPeek told the justices on behalf of the office and a doctor. The attorney split his time with a lawyer from the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R), who backs the position.

McPeek, of Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP, argued that ...