Ohio MRI Patient’s Claims Revived in Suit Over Hearing Loss

A Cincinnati health-care provider must face claims alleging that an MRI technician’s alleged negligence caused a patient’s hearing loss, an Ohio appeals court said.

William Yung’s expert witness—an ear, nose, and throat doctor—was qualified to testify about the standard of care for ear protection during noisy MRI procedures, the Ohio Court of Appeals, First District said.

Ohio law doesn’t require an expert witness’s expertise to exactly match that of the treating medical provider so long as their fields overlap, the court said. The decision reflects a somewhat more liberal approach to medical expert testimony than that taken in many other ...