Ohio Panel Affirms Ruling For Nursing Home In Drowning Negligence Case

(October 1, 2019, 3:55 PM EDT) -- TOLEDO, Ohio — An Ohio appellate panel on Sept. 27 affirmed a grant of summary judgment in favor of a nursing home in a negligence case brought by the estate of a resident who drowned in a pond on the facility’s grounds while traveling in his motorized scooter, finding that the resident had the cognitive ability to recognize the open and obvious risk (Rebecca A. Robertson v. St. Clare Commons, No. WD-18-086, Ohio App., 6th Dist.,  2019 Ohio App. LEXIS 4002)....

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