Dowd v. Rayner

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

The plaintiffs Elizabeth J. Dowd and her minor daughter Casey M. Dowd appealed to the Supreme Court from the entry of a summary judgment in favor of the defendant John H. McGowan, M.D. In his motion for summary judgment, the defendant successfully argued that the statute of limitations on medical malpractice actions is constitutional and therefore barred the plaintiffs’ claims against him. On appeal, the plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of that statute by arguing that the statute violates the equal protection of the laws and the entitlement to remedies as…