All dead bodies in the custody of the coroner shall be held until such time as the coroner, after consultation with the prosecuting attorney, or with the police department of a municipal corporation, if the death occurred in a municipal corporation, or with the sheriff, has decided that it is no longer necessary to hold such body to enable him to decide on a diagnosis giving a reasonable and true cause of death, or to decide that such body is no longer necessary to assist any of such officials in his duties.
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cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1982–2026 · leading case: State v. Maxwell, 2014 Ohio 1019 (Ohio 2014).
State v. Maxwell, 2014 Ohio 1019 (Ohio 2014). · cites it 2ד{¶ 301} Pursuant to R.C. 313.15, the coroner works with the prosecuting attorney and other law-enforcement officials to determine how long a dead body should remain in the coroner’s control; a coroner must keep possession of the body until he has decided that he no longer…”
Albrecht v. Treon, 889 N.E.2d 120 (Ohio 2008). · cites it 5דThe court further noted that in practical terms, this may mean that when an examination of the brain is required to determine the cause of death, the coroner will simply exercise his statutory authority under R.C. 313.15 to retain the entire body for the several weeks it takes…”
Cultrona v. Nationwide Life Ins., 936 F. Supp. 2d 832 (N.D. Ohio 2013). · cites it 2ד” Ohio Rev.Code § 313.15. It was eminently reasonable for the BAC to rely *851 upon the opinion and findings of this disinterested, objective, third party medical professional.”
Vargo v. Travelers Ins., 516 N.E.2d 226 (Ohio 1987). “’ ” See R.C. 313.15 and 313.17. Thus, as the coroner is, by statute, required to engage in quasi-judicial activity when inquiring into the cause of death, the fact that such activity is conducted without the joinder of all possible parties does not make R.”
State v. Cousin, 449 N.E.2d 32 (Ohio Ct. App. 1982). “Again, R.C. 313.15, dealing with the time for holding a dead body in the coroner’s custody, provides that he may hold such body until, after consultation with law enforcement officials, he has decided “it is no longer necessary to hold such body to decide on a diagnosis giving a…”
Everman v. Davis, 561 N.E.2d 547 (Ohio Ct. App. 1989). “The function of the coroner is further explained in R.C. 313.15: “All dead bodies in the custody of the coroner shall be held until such time as the coroner, after consultation with the prosecuting attorney, or with the police department of a municipal corporation, if the death…”
State v. Ritchey, 2023 Ohio 1625 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023). “e county, the police of the city, the constable of the township, or marshal of the village in which the death occurred may be requested to furnish more information or make further investigation when requested by the coroner or his deputy” and “[t]he prosecuting attorney may…”
State v. Steckel, 2026 Ohio 979 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026). “) {¶ 64} Second, Steckel cites R.C. 313.15, which states, All dead bodies in the custody of the coroner shall be held until such time as the coroner, after consultation with the prosecuting attorney, or with the police department of a municipal corporation, if the death occurred…”
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