Johnson v. Grim-Smith Hospital

MEMORANDUM

WANGELIN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on defendants’ motion for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, on the ground that the action is time barred by the running of the statute of limitations.

The complaint, filed September 21, 1970, alleges that the plaintiff is a resident of Iowa; that defendant Grim-Smith Hospital is a Missouri corporation with its principal place of business at Kirksville, Missouri; that defendant Buben is a physician, staff member, agent and employee of defendant hospital ; and that the amount in controversy…