# Ishler v. Miller

> Ohio Supreme Court · December 8, 1978 · 56 Ohio St. 2d 447

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6756489

## Case

- **Full name:** Ishler v. Miller
- **Court:** Ohio Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 8, 1978
- **Citations:** 56 Ohio St. 2d 447; 10 Ohio Op. 3d 539; 384 N.E.2d 296; 1978 Ohio LEXIS 714
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Herbert
- **Judges:** Brown, Celebrezze, Herbert, Leach, Locheb, Sweeney
- **Cited by:** 55 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that "the test of admissibility is whether a particular witness offered as an expert will aid the trier of fact in the search of the truth, not whether the expert witness is the best witness on the subject"
- finding an expert in radiology and neuroradiology qualified to testify as to the malpractice of an orthopedic surgeon in reading of diagnostic images: “[the expert radiologist] worked closely with and trained orthopedic surgeons, used the same diagnostic technology as [defenda…
- stating that the expert witness does not need to be the best witness on the subject in order to qualify as an expert witness

## Opinion text

Herbert, J.,
dissenting. I dissent because I believe that our former eases should be modified! to simplify the test for commencement of the running of the statute of limitations by deleting the phrase “at the latest,” and because, upon the state of this record, I believe that the question of the termination of the physician-patient relationship should have been submitted to the jury.

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