Womick v. Jackson County Nursing Home

On August 4, 1986, appellee, John Paul Womick (Womick), as the administrator of the estate of John William Hatley, brought a wrongful death action against the Jackson County Nursing Home (nursing home) in the circuit court of Jackson County (cause number 86 — L—92). The complaint was filed two days before the applicable statute of limitations expired and alleged that John Hatley had died from cardiorespiratory failure associated with a fall at the nursing home. Womick did not place summons until April 23, 1987, nearly nine months after the statute of limitations had expired; the nursing home…