Overton v. Grillo
Indiana Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
BOEHM, Justice.
We hold that a medical malpractice claim for allegedly misreading a mammogram is barred by the two-year statute of limitations when the plaintiff learned of cancer with approximately nine months remaining in the limitations period.
Facts and Procedural History
This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant. Accordingly, we take the facts from the designated evidence most favorable to the plaintiffs. Christine Overton had a routine mammogram on July 7, 1999. Dr. Marshall Grillo of Radiologic Associates of Northwest Indiana, Inc. (RANI) examined the…
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