Ohio Supreme Court March 9, 1982, No. 81-471 (Baird v. Sickler)

lead-opinion

Per Curiam.

This cause presents a novel question in Ohio: is a chief surgeon ever legally accountable for the negligence of an assisting nurse-anesthetist, not directly employed by him? If an operating physician may never be held liable in such a factual context, then the trial court in the instant case acted properly in directing a verdict in favor of the appellant, Dr. Sickler.