Ohio parents' med-mal claims now toll the same as their children's.

The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that the tolling provision of the state's one-year statute of limitations for medical malpractice cases covers not only the claims of minor children but also those of their parents. (Fehrenbach v. O'Malley, 862 N.E.2d 489 (Ohio 2007).)

Tara Fehrenbach of Loveland, now 17, suffers permanent health problems from bacterial meningitis she contracted as an infant in 1990. According to her parents' lawsuit, a doctor's failure to diagnose the infection led to the death of vessels that drained spinal fluid from Tara's brain, requiring the inser