Smith v. Mentor Ridge Health & Rehab.

Citations

• 232 N.E.3d 320
• 2023 Ohio 4659

Syllabus

Medical claim home nursing home residential facility statute of limitations relations back of amendments nullity. Injuries caused by two aides who dropped nursing-home resident while assisting her from her wheelchair to the toilet constituted medical claims subject to one-year statute of limitations. Amended complaint to substitute deceased plaintiff with personal representative was barred by statute of limitations because the original complaint was a nullity since filed in the name of the decedent and the amended complaint, which filed after the statute of limitations had expired, could not relate back to the original filing.