Legal Opinion
Deen v. Egleston
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 26, 2010No. 09-11458PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
The central question raised by this appeal is whether a Georgia legislative scheme governing statutes of limitations for tort claims in medical malpractice is rationally related to the state’s interest in providing for the health and welfare of its citizens. The district court struck down, under the Equal Protection Clause, a state statute that did not exempt the “legally incompetent” from the general two-year statute of limitations. In so doing, however, the district court overlooked the essential principle that matters of social and economic policy, particularly when…
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