Ohio Appellate Court Rules Damage Caps in Medical Malpractice Unconstitutional in Lyon v. Riverside

Ohio’s most recent challenge to the medical malpractice damages caps has found footing in the Tenth District Court of Appeals. In a unanimous decision, the Court held that Revised Code 2323.43, Ohio’s statute capping non-economic damages in medical claims, is unconstitutional as applied to the plaintiff in Lyon v. Riverside Methodist Hosp., 10th Dist. Franklin No. 23AP-379, 2025-Ohio-299,1 on both due process and equal protection grounds. This represents the second appellate decision in Ohio…
By: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP