Thomas F. Clardy v. Duke University, a Corporation, and R. Charman Carroll

In this diversity action, Thomas F. Clardy charges that on and before April 1955 he was under the professional care of defendant Carroll, an employee of Duke University, and that he sustained permanent brain damage from electric shock and insulin shock therapy recommended and administered by Dr. Carroll at Duke University Hospital as treatment for a mental disorder. Clardy complains that “about August 1957” he discovered for the first time the damage to his brain.

The complaint was filed on July 22, 1960, and summons issued on August 24, 1960. Neither defendant filed an answer but each timely…