Casey v. Levine

This medical malpractice appeal presents the question whether the continuing treatment doctrine that tolls the statute of limitations against a physician should be extended to the alleged negligent acts of a hospital’s nursing staff. We conclude in this case that in a malpractice claim against a hospital for the negligence of its nursing staff, the doctrine does not toll the statute of limitations past the date of the patient’s discharge from the hospital.

Jacqueline Casey brought this medical and hospital malpractice claim against Michael A. Levine, M.D.; Andrew Robertson, M.D.; and Methodist…