Hooe v. SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Presiding Judge.

Sherry Hooe (“Plaintiff’) 1 filed a 2004 medical malpractice action, alleging that she had been the victim of negligence seven years earlier. Defendants Cape Laboratory and Dr. Stahr sought summary judgment, citing § 516.105’s two-year statute of limitations. 2 The trial court agreed and ultimately dismissed “[tjhis cause ... with prejudice.” We review that ruling de novo. Montgomery v. South County Radiologists, Inc., 49 S.W.3d 191, 193 (Mo. banc 2001).

Facts and Background

In March 1997, Plaintiff had surgery for a spot on her lung. Her pulmonologist asked the…