[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as Maxwell v. Lombardi, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-4700.]

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SLIP OPINION NO. 2023-OHIO-4700 MAXWELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMR. OF THE ESTATE OF MAXWELL, APPELLEE, v. LOMBARDI ET AL., APPELLANTS. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as Maxwell v. Lombardi, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-4700.] Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Everhart v. Coshocton Cty. Mem. Hosp. (Nos. 2022-0781 and 2022-0890―Submitted December 20, 2023―Decided December 28, 2023.) APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 21AP-556, 2022-Ohio-1686. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the Tenth District Court of Appeals is reversed on the authority of Everhart v. Coshocton Cty. Mem. Hosp., __ Ohio St.3d __, 2023- Ohio-4670, __ N.E.3d __. KENNEDY, C.J., and FISCHER, DEWINE, DONNELLY, STEWART, BRUNNER, and DETERS, JJ., concur. SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

_________________ Elk & Elk Co., Ltd., and R. Craig McLaughlin, for appellee, Joy L. Maxwell. Collins, Roche, Utley & Garner, L.L.C., and David L. Lester; and Poling Law, Brant E. Poling, and Sabrina S. Sellers, for appellants, Adolph V. Lombardi, M.D., and Joint Implant Surgeons, Inc. _________________

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