Saultz v. Funk

This case involves the question of the timeliness of the filing of an action for medical malpractice.

On July 27, 1976, the plaintiffs-appellants, Catherine and Ralph P. Saultz, husband and wife, filed a complaint in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court against the defendant-appellee, Paul 0. Funk, M.D., hereinafter referred to as appellee, arising out of a tubal ligation alleged to have been negligently performed by the appellee upon Mrs. Saultz. In their complaint the appellants stated that Mrs. Saultz entered the hospital on November 14, 1973, and that thereafter the operation was…