Maytrude Jones, Administratrix of Estate of Alexander L. Jones, Dec., Maytrude Jones v. Rogers Memorial Hospital

This case involves the issue of the statute of limitations applicable to an action for the alleged negligent performance of a surgical operation. Plaintiff’s action, filed on December 8, 1969, was brought under the District of Columbia survival of actions statute, D. C.Code § 12-101 (1967). 1 The complaint alleged that in October, 1966, plaintiff’s late husband was admitted to defendant’s hospital for surgery for gallbladder and appendix trouble, and that as a result of the negligence of defendant and its agents, decedent “was caused to suffer from rupture of an internal organ within the…