Liffengren v. Bendt

GILBERTSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Plaintiff Jodee L. Liffengren (Lif-fengren) appeals the circuit court’s summary judgment to Defendant Jeffrey L. Bendt, M.D. ( Bendt) on the basis of the running of the statute of limitation pursuant to SDCL 15-2-14.1. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

[¶ 2.] On September 28, 1994, in Rapid City, South Dakota, Liffengren underwent a laparoscopy 1 by Bendt, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist for the removal of a cyst,on her left fallopian tube. Liffengren had a history of multiple ovarian cysts, which had required other surgical procedures, all performed by…