Read v. Miller

Davis, J.:

The defendant, Theresa A. Miller; filed a motion to dismiss the auto negligence action filed by Laura E. Read based upon the statute of limitations. The trial court denied the motion and certified its order for interlocutory appeal. We granted permission to appeal and hold that plaintiffs action is time-barred. We therefore reverse and remand with directions to dismiss plaintiff’s action.

The facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff Laura Read and defendant Theresa Miller were involved in an automobile accident in Leavenworth County on September 20, 1986. Exactly two years later, on the…