Leeds v. Cooley

OPINION

HOYT, Justice.

Appellant, Elizabeth Leeds (Leeds), is appealing from a summary judgment in a medical malpractice suit. Appellees, Doctors Riquelme, Keats, and Arthur S. Keats, M.D. Associates (“the doctors”), were granted summary judgment based on the statute of limitations. Following the granting of the summary judgment, the court severed that part of the suit from the remainder of Leeds’ claim, so that the judgment became final and appealable. We affirm.

Under the direction of Drs. Reul and Cooley, appellant underwent coronary bypass surgery on December 28, 1976, and again on February…