Fact Issues Preclude Immunity, Ohio Panel Says, Reversing Nursing Home Suit Ruling

Mealey's (July 9, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT) -- TOLEDO, Ohio — Summary judgment based on political subdivision immunity should not have been granted in favor of a county-run nursing home, an Ohio appellate court ruled June 30, finding fact issues concerning whether staff “exercised its discretion in a reckless manner and whether such recklessness resulted in [the resident’s] injury and death” and reversing and remanding the trial court’s judgment that had dismissed all claims in the negligence and wrongful death suit....