Martin v. Richey

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SELBY, J.

Dr. Robert W. Richey, Jr., appellee/peti-tioner and defendant below (“defendant”), challenges the decision of the Court of Appeals, 674 N.E.2d 1015 (Ind.Ct.App.1997), which reversed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant. The Court of Appeals held, contrary to the decision of the trial court, that the doctrine of fraudulent concealment permits defendant’s former patient, Melody Martin (“plaintiff’), to avoid the two-year medical malpractice statute of limitations, Indiana Code section 34-18-7-l(b) (1998) (repealing section…