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Jeffrey W. Van Wagner - Cleveland, OH
1300 East 9th StreetSuite 1950 Cleveland, OH 44114- 1501
Bonezzi Switzer Polito & Hupp Co. L.P.A.
Cleveland Health Care Professional Liability Lawyer
Overview
Jeffrey Van Wagner is the Managing Shareholder of BSPH. His career as a litigator and trial attorney has now spanned three decades. He is a 1979 graduate of Case Western Reserve School of Law and has extensive litigation and trial experience in the areas of nursing home liability, medical malpractice defense of physicians and institutions and product liability...
Jeffrey Van Wagner is the Managing Shareholder of BSPH. His career as a litigator and trial attorney has now spanned three decades. He is a 1979 graduate of Case Western Reserve School of Law and has extensive litigation and trial experience in the areas of nursing home liability, medical malpractice defense of physicians and institutions and product liability...
Jeffrey Van Wagner is the Managing Shareholder of BSPH. His career as a litigator and trial attorney has now spanned three decades. He is a 1979 graduate of Case Western Reserve School of Law and has extensive litigation and trial experience in the areas of nursing home liability, medical malpractice defense of physicians and institutions and product liability. He has extensive experience in defending physicians and institutions where opioid prescription practices are at issue and is well familiar with the nuances of the learned intermediary doctrine as applied to the sales and marketing of prescription medications.
Mr. Van Wagner's full-service endeavors for his clients also include providing claims and risk management services and presentations for clients, interactions with state and federal agencies, participation in civil and criminal investigations, and pre-suit evaluation and assessment of potential claims. He recently worked with physicians and pharmacists at a major medical provider in Cleveland to develop a pain management protocol for use of opioids in general and methadone induction specifically.
The author of various articles and a frequent presenter to medical, nursing home and insurance clients, he has extensive experience with trials in courtrooms throughout the northern tier of Ohio.
Mr. Van Wagner is a member of the Ohio State Bar as well as the United States District Court of Ohio (Northern and Southern Districts), the Sixth and Fifth District Courts of Appeal.
Mr. Van Wagner was selected as an Ohio Super Lawyer for twelve straight years (2007 through 2018). In 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018 he was also named as a Cleveland Top 50 and Ohio Top 100 Ohio Super Lawyer. He was also named to "The Best Lawyers in America" for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, the 19th through the 24th Editions in the fields of Medical Malpractice Defense and Health Care Law. Mr. Van Wagner further enjoys an AV Preeminent Five Star rating with Martindale-Hubbell.
About Jeffrey W. Van Wagner
Current Employment Position(s)
- Managing Shareholder
Practice Areas
- Health Care Professional Liability 85%
- General Liability 15%
Litigation
- 75%
Representative Clients
- CommuniCare Family of Companies
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Ohio
Representative Cases
- Alden v. Phifer Wire Products, Inc., 2005-Ohio-3014, 85064, 05-LW-2599 (8th OHCA8 )
- Berry v. MetroHealth Med. Ctr., 2004-Ohio-2841, 85184, 05-LW-2459 (8th OHCA8 )
- Chromik v. Permanente, 2007-Ohio-5856, No. 89088 (OHCA8 2007)
- Estate of Stevic v. Bio-Medical Application of Ohio, Inc., 2008-Ohio-33, No. 2006 CA 0095 (OHCA5 2008)
- Hageman v. Southwest Gen. Health Center, 2006-Ohio-6765, No. 87826 (OHCA8 2006)
- Musa v. Gillett Communications, Inc., 119 Ohio App.3d 673m 696 N.E.2d, 277 (Ohio App. 8 Dist. 1997)
- Rinaldi v. City View Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., Inc., 2005-Ohio-6360, 85867 (OHCA8 )
- Studier v. Taliak, 74 Ohio App.3d 512, 599 N.E.2d 718 (Ohio App. 8 Dist. 1991)
- Surdel v. MetroHealth Med. Ctr., 2000-Ohio-492, 135 Ohio App.3d 141, 733 N.E.2d 281 (Ohio App. 8 Dist. 1997)
- Taylor v. Academy Iron & Metal Co., 36 Ohio St. 3d 149, 522 N.E.2d 464 (Ohio 1998)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1979
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1993
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 2003
Other Affiliations
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Ohio State Bar Association
Past Positions
- Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, Ohio, Associate, 1979 - 1983
- Ulmer & Berne, LLP, Partner, 1983 - 2008
Education
- Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1979
J.D.
Honors: Order of the Coif
Law Review: Case Western Reserve University Law Review, Associate Editor, 1997 - 1998 - Creighton University, John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1976
B.A.
Honors: magna cum laude
Office Information
Address
1300 East 9th StreetSuite 1950 Cleveland, OH 44114- 1501
Fax
- (216) 875-1570
Office Hours
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Websites
Achievements
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Included on the 2023 Ohio list
Past Lists
- 2022 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Ohio Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Ohio Super Lawyers, 2007 - 2018
- Ohio Super Lawyers, Cleveland Top 50, 2012 - 2016
- Ohio Super Lawyers, Ohio Top 100, 2012 - 2016
- Ohio Super Lawyers, Cleveland Top 50, - 2018
- Ohio Super Lawyers, Ohio Top 100, - 2018
- "The Best Lawyers in America", 2013 - 2018
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