# Brost v. State Medical Board

> Ohio Supreme Court · December 18, 1991 · 62 Ohio St. 3d 218

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6763736

## Case

- **Full name:** Brost v. State Medical Board of Ohio
- **Court:** Ohio Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 18, 1991
- **Citations:** 62 Ohio St. 3d 218; 581 N.E.2d 515; 1991 Ohio LEXIS 2889
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Wright
- **Judges:** Brown, Douglas, Holmes, Moyer, Resnick, Sweeney, Wright
- **Cited by:** 15 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Wright, J.,
dissenting. I respectfully dissent. In my view the majority opinion is at best an exercise in futility as to the ultimate result in this matter. I think it obvious that the so-called guidelines referred to in the majority opinion did not tie the board’s hands — the board’s vote was six to two in favor of revocation with two abstentions.
I have a measure of empathy with appellant and could well have joined a minority on the board who preferred a lesser sanction. However, what is unacceptable here is the substitution of our judgment for that of a board of appellant’s peers. The board’s decision was premised upon a doctor unquestionably “furnishing drugs to an addict, prescribing without medical indication to the detriment of a patient, and misadministration of controlled substances.” We have sent a flawed and improper message to the public and the medical profession. I simply cannot endorse same.
Holmes, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.

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