Opinion
No. 2001-1050.
Submitted June 5, 2002.
Decided July 10, 2002.
Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 78121.
The Okey Law Firm, L.P.A., Steven P. Okey and Brian R. Wilson, for appellants.
Moscarino Treu, L.L.P., Kevin M. Norchi, Edward S. Jerse and William H. Falin, for appellee Robert F. Lindsay, D.O.
Reminger Reminger Co., L.P.A., Brian D. Sullivan and Martin T. Galvin, for appellee Dunlap Memorial Hospital.
{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed as to the award of interest, but reversed as to the remand for an evidentiary hearing. Interest is to be computed by the trial court from the date of settlement, consistent with our decision in Hartmann v. Duffey, 95 Ohio St.3d 456, 2002-Ohio-2486, 768 N.E.2d 1170.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Cook, JJ., concur.
Lundberg Stratton, J., dissents.
{¶ 2} For the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in Hartmann v. Duffey, 95 Ohio St.3d 456, 2002-Ohio-2486, 768 N.E.2d 1170, at ¶ 17-22. I respectfully dissent.