McGowan v. Family Medicine, Inc.

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[Cite as McGowan v. Family Medicine, Inc., 100 Ohio St.3d 1204, 2003-Ohio-5271.] MCGOWAN, ADMR., APPELLANT, v. FAMILY MEDICINE, INC. ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as McGowan v. Family Medicine, Inc., 100 Ohio St.3d 1204, 2003-Ohio5271.] Appeal dismissed as improvidently allowed. (No. 2002-1620 Submitted September 16, 2003 Decided October 22, 2003.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Stark County, No. 2001CA00385, 2002Ohio-4071. __________________ {ΒΆ1} The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently allowed. MOYER, C.J., BOWMAN, F.E. SWEENEY, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O CONNOR and O DONNELL, JJ., concur. PFEIFER, J., dissents and would reverse on the wrongful-death claim. DONNA BOWMAN, J., of the Tenth Appellate District, sitting for RESNICK, J. __________________ Zavarello & Davis Co., L.P.A., A. William Zavarello and Rhonda Gail Davis, for appellant. Hanna, Campbell & Powell, L.L.P., Michael Ockerman and John R. Chlysta, for appellees Family Medicine, Inc. and Steven D. Smith, M.D. Roetzel & Andress, Thomas A. Treadon and Stacy A. Ragon, for appellees Gastroenterology Associates, Inc. and Gerald Smith, M.D. Gibbons & Cullen, L.L.P., and John L. Cullen, for appellees Nashat Y. Gabrail, M.D., and Nashat Y. Gabrail, M.D., Inc. SUPREME COURT OF OHIO Howes, Daane, Milligan & Erwin, L.L.P., Philip E. Howes, Richard S. Milligan and Thomas R. Himmelspach, for appellee Hartville Family Practice. Michael T. Callahan, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. __________________ 2

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