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Accidents
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Types of Injury

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Fehrenbach v. O'Malley

The Ohio Supreme Court has found that the statute of limitations for parental loss of consortium and medical expense claims does not run during the child's period of minority. Fehrenbach v. O'Malley 862 N.E. 2d 489 (Ohio 2007). In other words, the court found that the parents as well as the injured child may be able to assert claims for injuries in Ohio even several years after the wrongdoing occurred - so long as the claims are brought during the child's minority. This result is contrary to current law in Hawaii - See, Kahale v. City and County of Honolulu, 104 Hawai'i 341, 349, 90 P.3d 233, 241 (Hawai'i 2004).