Legal Opinion
Lillicrap v. Martin
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided March 1, 1991No. 86-443PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMahady, J.
Thé plaintiff in this medical malpractice case appeals the action of the trial court granting motions for a directed verdict on behalf of all of the defendants. His appeal requires us to determine the applicability of the statute of limitations, 12 V.S.A. § 521, to the facts of this case as well as the constitutionality of the repose provision of the same statute when applied to those facts. We reverse.
*168I. The Facts
In reviewing the trial court’s action in directing a verdict for the defendants, we must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, excluding the effect of…
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