Costaras v. Gilson

Citations

• 200 N.E.3d 705
• 2022 Ohio 4011

Syllabus

R.C. 313.19 coroner's verdict rebuttable presumption that coroner's ruling on death is legally accepted cause of death Civ.R. 41(B)(2) involuntary dismissal presumption against suicide sufficiency and manifest weight of the evidence. Trial court's dismissal of plaintiff's complaint against the medical examiner seeking to change the manner of death from suicide to undetermined after a bench trial, pursuant to Civ.R. 41(B)(2), is affirmed. There is an absence of competent credible evidence to contradict the medical examiner's findings. The court's judgment is supported by sufficient evidence and not against the manifest weight of the evidence.