The suit alleges the executives acted recklessly by not evaluating the hospital’s financial stability before approving an expansion project. The hospital later filed for bankruptcy, and was sold in 2011, according to the report.
The case had been dismissed by a local judge in October 2012 due to lack of evidence. The Fifth District Court of Appeals ordered the judge reopen the case following an Ohio Supreme Court decision that redefined ‘reckless’ as both conscious and more substantial than negligent conduct.
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