Braswell v. Chehyal

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

Scott Braswell (Patient) appeals the decision of the St. Louis County Circuit Court sustaining Michael Chehval, M.D. (Doctor) and St. John’s Mercy Medical Center’s (Hospital) motions to dismiss. Doctor and Hospital’s motions were granted based on a violation of the statute of limitations. We affirm.

Patient sought care and treatment from Doctor for distal shaft hypospadias1. On 6 June 1990, Patient underwent surgery at Hospital to repair the hypospadia and was *54subsequently diagnosed as suffering from hy-pospadias with urethroeuteneous fistula. Additional procedures were…