Medical malpractice in Ohio
Last checked Aug 15, 2026 · LawyerUnc editorial. Educational only, not legal advice.
Elements
1
Provider-patient relationship
The defendant undertook to treat the patient.
2
Standard of care
What a reasonably careful similar provider would have done under similar circumstances.
3
Breach
The care fell below that standard.
4
Causation and injury
The breach more likely than not caused a compensable injury, not merely a bad outcome.
Burden of proof
Preponderance of the evidence, usually with expert testimony on the standard of care.
A Ohio fact pattern
Medical malpractice in ohio.
Statute of limitations
1 years
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.113(A)
One year after the medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim accrues.
Repose: 4 years.
- A 180-day written notice under § 2305.113(B) can extend the one-year clock. It does not move the four-year repose.
- No action more than four years after the act or omission, § 2305.113(C).