Poling v. Moitra

BILLINGS, Judge.

The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, transferred this case so this Court could determine whether the statute of limitations on medical malpractice claims, § 516.105, RSMo 1978, bars such a claim against a physician who left Missouri to reside in another state, or whether the tolling provisions of § 516.200, RSMo 1978, are applicable even though the physician remained subject to personal service and personal judgment under Missouri’s long-arm statutes (§§ 506.500, 506.510 and 506.-520, RSMo 1978). This Court holds that § 516.200 tolls the statute of limitations in…