Hunsucker v. Rowntree

OPINION

BLEIL, Justice.

John and Penelope Hunsucker appeal from an adverse summary judgment rendered in their medical malpractice suit against Robert Rowntree, M.D. The critical inquiry concerns whether evidence of Rowntree’s prescription of medication to *780Penelope Hunsucker can constitute evidence of continued medical treatment. We hold that it can and reverse the summary judgment.

Penelope Hunsucker first sought treatment from Rowntree, a physician who specializes in internal medicine, on October 4, 1985. Rowntree examined her and prescribed Sectral, a medication for high blood pressure.…