Stoddard v. Woods

Susan T. Woods, as plaintiff, sued Dorothy Stoddard, as defendant, for damages sustained in an automobile wreck, including: medical expense, surgical expense, *771dental expense, hospital expense, drug expense, future medical expense, and lost wages.

The suit was filed more than two years after the automobile collision, but within less than four years. Defendant’s motion to dismiss the petition because, as he contended, it was barred by the two-year statute of limitation because it was for "personal injuries,” was overruled, and defendant appeals.

Was the petition subject to motion to dismiss? That…