Terry v. Niblack

OPINION

ANDERSON, C.J.

We granted this appeal to determine when the one-year statute of limitations 1 commenced for the plaintiff to file her suit alleging that the defendants negligently performed an inaccurate paternity blood test, which excluded from paternity the natural father of her child. The trial court dismissed the suit because it was not filed within one year of when the plaintiff learned the results of the blood test. The Court of Appeals reversed, concluding that the statute did not commence until the date the plaintiff learned the results of a second blood test that differed from…