Ohio Supreme Court· 5/14/1980
Hocking Conservancy District v. Dodson-Lindblom Associates, Inc.
Citations
- 62 Ohio St. 2d 195
- 404 N.E.2d 164
- 16 Ohio Op. 3d 217
- 1980 Ohio LEXIS 718
How courts have described this case
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- holding that engineering was not one of the traditional professions at common law and, accordingly, not subject to the malpractice statute of limitations
- \only physicians and lawyers” can commit \malpractice” under both R.C. 2305.11(A) and its common-law definition
- which limits malpractice actions to the professions of lawyers and physicians because they exercise independent judgment directly affecting their client/patient and necessarily will often fail to fulfill expectations yet fulfill their professional duties
- professional engineer is not considered to have committed “malpractice”
- Negligence of professional engineer did not constitute malpractice.
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Judges: Brown, Celebrezze, Herbert, Holmes, Kerns, Locher, Second, Sweeney
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