PACE V. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
594 N.E.2d 187 (1991)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Pace (P) filed a negligence action against DOT (D) which sought loss
of wages, future economic value, and pain and suffering.
FACTS: A snowplow, owned and operated by D struck a vehicle in which P was a passenger.
The impact caused plaintiff to strike the small finger of his left hand against the interior
of the automobile. He also sustained various injuries to his neck and back. P was
transported to a nearby hospital where he received treatment for his injuries. Hospital
records indicate that plaintiff's finger was swollen, but that he had incurred no more than
a sprain. P went to the emergency room of the Kaiser Permanente Hospital about a week later
at which time, the treating physicians diagnosed the previously injured finger as infected.
Over the next several days, physicians were unable to contain the scope or degree of
infection. The tissues of the finger became necrotic, first at the tip, and this condition
began to spread up the finger. On January 15, 1988, his finger was amputated. P sued D for
the loss of the finger as well as the attendant losses of wages, future economic value, and
pain and suffering.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
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LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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