St. George v. Pariser

The primary issue in this medical malpractice case is whether the defendants, who filed a plea of the statute of limitations, carried their burden of producing evidence to show that the patient’s injury occurred more than two years before the date the motion for judgment was filed.

This case involves the misdiagnosis of a cancerous mole. On June 13, 1991, Linda M. St. George went to the offices of Pariser Dermatology Specialists, Ltd., for an evaluation of a mole on her lower left leg. A punch biopsy was performed on the mole. Robert J. Pariser, M.D., an owner and employee of Pariser…