Conerly v. Morris

EVANS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the defendant in a medical malpractice case. The trial court’s judgment is based upon a determination that the plaintiff’s action is barred, as a matter of law, by the two-year statute of limitations.

This action was brought by Mrs. Lula Belle Conerly against Dr. Edward H. Morris, M.D., on July 22, 1975. In her petition Mrs. Conerly alleged that she had been a patient of Dr. Morris’ from October 1970 until July 27, 1973, when, as a result of treatment received from him for a fibroid tumor, she suffered a heart condition…