Legal Opinion

Deanna Slagle Roberts v. Darryl Francis, M.D. St. Edward Mercy Medical Center

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided October 20, 1997No. 97-1434PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

This medical malpractice case comes to us from the district court’s order granting summary judgment for the appellees. Under the applicable statute of limitations, the medical malpractice claim was time barred. Appellant, Deanna Slagle Roberts, advanced two theories under which the statute should be tolled: continuous treatment and fraudulent concealment. The district court granted summary judgment as to both theories. We affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment on the continuous treatment claim and reverse and remand for trial on the fraudulent concealment’…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Hanna v. PlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Commercial Property Investments, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation v. Quality Inns International, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
  3. UNITED STATES of America, Ex Rel. Charles H. GLASS, Appellant, v. MEDTRONIC, INC., AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  4. Berkeley Pump Co. v. Reed-Joseph Land Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
  5. Virgil F. Ryder v. Terry Morris, Superintendent, Moberly Training Center for MenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by56 opinions

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  3. Adams v. ArthurSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  4. Riley v. Cordis Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2009
  5. Doe v. HartzDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1999

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