Rife v. Buchanan County Hospice

By Judge Patrick R. Johnson

The above-styled case is now before the Court on Defendant’s Plea in Bar of the Statute of Limitations and Defendant’s Demurrer to Plaintiff’s Claim for Punitive Damages. The parties convened for a hearing on December 16, 2014, where Mr. Mark Brennan, counsel for Defendants, made an oral argument in support of both motions. Mr. Rob Starnes, counsel for Plaintiff, presented an argument in opposition. Prior to the hearing, both parties in attendance submitted memoranda to the Court in support of their respective positions, and at the conclusion of the hearing, both…