Mark DeFossez
About Mark DeFossez
Mark E. DeFossez has been in litigation practice for over 42 years. He represents clients in cases arising from medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, industrial accidents, dangerous products, and other cases involving serious injury or death. Mark has obtained the highest civil jury verdicts in Franklin County (2000 and 2001), Licking County (1998), and Gallia County (2008). His results include an $8.5 million verdict for a worker who lost a portion of his arm in a workplace accident. He has been recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer since 2013.
Notable case results
The Donahey Law Firm served as Ohio counsel for a mother whose seven-year-old daughter died after alleged medical negligence by a physician and staff at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, and secured an appellate ruling preserving the family's choice of nationally prominent trial co-counsel over the hospital's objection.
Jury verdict, workplace accident resulting in arm amputation
Largest civil jury verdict in Franklin County, 2000 and 2001
Largest civil jury verdict in Licking County, 1998
Largest civil jury verdict in Gallia County, 2008
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
