Rush v. Univ. of Cincinnati Physicians, Inc. (Slip Opinion)

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as Rush v. Univ. of Cincinnati Physicians, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2017-Ohio-2896.]

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SLIP OPINION NO. 2017-OHIO-2896 RUSH, ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI PHYSICIANS, INC., ET AL., APPELLEES.

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as Rush v. Univ. of Cincinnati Physicians, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2017-Ohio-2896.] Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. (No. 2016-0636—Submitted May 3, 2017—Decided May 22, 2017.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-150309, 2016-Ohio-947. _______________ {¶ 1} This cause is dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. O’CONNOR, C.J., and, KENNEDY, O’NEILL, FISCHER, and SINGER, JJ., concur. O’DONNELL and FRENCH, JJ., dissent and would affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

ARLENE SINGER, J., of the Sixth District Court of Appeals, sitting for DEWINE, J. _______________ The Becker Law Firm, L.P.A., Michael F. Becker, and David W. Skall; and Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers, for appellants. Reminger Co., L.P.A., and Mark A. MacDonald, for appellees. Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., and Margaret M. Murray, urging reversal for amicus curiae, the Ohio Association for Justice. _______________