COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT 
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA 
                             NO. 69562
TIAWLYNNE PETERSON, ET AL.,        :  ACCELERATED DOCKET
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                                   :    JOURNAL ENTRY
          Plaintiffs-Appellants    :                  
                                   :        AND
v.                                 :             
                                   :      OPINION
CLEVELAND SURGI-CENTER, INC.,      :               
ET AL.,                            :     PER CURIAM
                                   :
                                   :                
          Defendants-Appellees     :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT 
OF DECISION:                       AUGUST 22, 1996   
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:           Civil appeal from
                                   Common Pleas Court      
                                   Case No. 278014     
JUDGMENT:                          AFFIRMED.                 
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:                                         
APPEARANCES:  
For plaintiffs-appellants:         Cynthia D. Smith     
                                   13006 Buckeye Road            
                                   Cleveland, Ohio  44120       
For defendant-appellee,            Eugene B. Meador
Cleveland Surgi-Center, Inc.:      Kathleen Donovan Onders
                                   KITCHEN, DEERY & BARNHOUSE
                                   55 Public Square
                                   1100 Illuminating Building
                                   Cleveland, Ohio  44113      
For defendant-appellee,            Anna Moore Carulas
Lee I. Rubenstein:                 JACOBSON, MAYNARD, TUSCHMAN &
                                        KALUS
                                   1001 Lakeside Avenue
                                   Suite 1600
                                   Cleveland, Ohio  44114-1192
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PER CURIAM:
     In this action  for medical malpractice, plaintiffs-appellants
Tiawlynne and  Andrew Peterson appeal  from the  trial court  order
which  granted the motion for  summary judgment filed by defendant-
appellee Cleveland Surgi-Center, Inc.
     Appellant's assignment of error is  overruled since appellants
failed to produce any  competent evidence to support  the necessary
elements of their cause  of action against appellee.   Civ.R. 56(C)
and (E); Wing  v. Anchor Media, Ltd. of Texas (1991), 59 Ohio St.3d
108; Bruni v. Tatsumi (1976), 46  Ohio St.2d 127; Speir v. American
University  of the Caribeean (1981), 3  Ohio App.3d 28.  See, also,
Ramage v. Central Ohio Emergency Serv.,  Inc. (1994), 64 Ohio St.3d
97; Ebsch v.  Tanpnaichitr (1992), 81  Ohio App.3d 507; Hubbard  v.
Laurelwood Hosp. (1993), 85 Ohio App.3d  607; motion to certify the
record  overruled (1993),  67  Ohio  St.3d  1450;  Jones  v.  Roche
Laboratories (1992), 84 Ohio App.3d 135; Johnson v. Hammond (1990),
68 Ohio App.3d 491, motion to  certify the record overruled (1990),
55 Ohio St.3d  706; Brueger v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr. (1989),
64 Ohio App.3d 394; Johnson v. Hammond (1988), 47 Ohio App.3d 125.
     Furthermore, since the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur is a rule
of evidence,  it is  inapplicable when  evidence is  absent.   See,
e.g.,  Morgan v.  Children's Hospital  (1985), 18  Ohio  St.3d 185;
Becker v.  Lake Cty.  Mem. Hosp.  West (1990), 53  Ohio St.3d  202;
Wiley v. Gibson  (1990), 70  Ohio App.3d 463;  Johnson v.  Hammond,
supra.
     Accordingly, the order of the trial court is affirmed.
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     It is ordered that appellees recover of appellants their costs
herein taxed.  
     The court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.
     It  is ordered that a special mandate  issue out of this court
directing  the  Common Pleas  Court  to  carry  this judgment  into
execution.  
     A certified copy  of this entry  shall constitute the  mandate
pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.   
                              LEO M. SPELLACY, CHIEF JUSTICE       
                              JAMES M. PORTER, JUDGE      
                              JOSEPH J. NAHRA, JUDGE  
N.B.   This entry  is made pursuant  to the third  sentence of Rule
22(D), Ohio Rules of Appellate Procedure.   This is an announcement
of decision (see Rule 26).  Ten (10) days from the date hereof this
document  will be stamped to indicate journalization, at which time
.