Ohio Wrongful Death: A Northern Virginia Family’s Guide
A Northern Virginia family's guide to wrongful death claims in Ohio. I walk readers through the Ohio Wrongful Death Act at R.C. 2125.01 et seq., the R.C. 2125.02(A)(1) rebuttable presumption of damages for surviving spouse/children/parents, the parallel survival statute at R.C. 2305.21, the interplay between the R.C. 2315.18 noneconomic damages cap (PI cases) and wrongful death recovery, the R.C. 2315.21 punitive damages cap, the 2-year wrongful death SOL, the medmal 1-year SOL with 4-year repose, the Civ.R. 10(D)(2) Affidavit of Merit, the Ohio Court of Claims framework, the Political Subdivision Tort Liability Act, the 51-percent modified comparative fault bar, and how NoVA-to-Ohio travel ties (Wright-Patterson AFB, Cleveland Clinic, Cincinnati Children's, Ohio State) produce cross-jurisdictional cases.
