Gleitz v. St. John's Mercy Medical Center

GERALD M. SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a Summary Judgment against him in a medical malpractice action. We affirm.

Plaintiff Matthew Gleitz, was treated at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center (“Hospital”) by Dr. Nancy Neiman (“Doctor”) on August 19, 1986. At that time Gleitz was 13. On March 23,1995, Gleitz filed suit in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County alleging medical malpractice against the Hospital and Doctor. At that time Gleitz was 22.

The court sustained the defendants’ Motion For Summary Judgment on the basis that plaintiffs malpractice action was barred by the statute…