Oakes Ex Rel. Oakes v. Gilday

TAYLOR, Judge.

Plaintiff seeks damages for injury to an eye, which plaintiff contends resulted from improper treatment by defendant. At issue at this stage is whether the matter set forth in an amendment to the complaint filed September 17, 1975 is barred by the statute of limitations. The original complaint was filed June 16, 1971. It alleged that defendant prescribed Decadron for plaintiff on May 19, 1969, June 17, 1969 and September 4, 1969, and that because of the failure of defendant to warn plaintiff of the propensity of that medication to cause traumatic glaucoma, the failure to use…