Hughes v. Glaese

On Petition To Transfer

DICKSON, Justice.

We are asked to determine whether a physician's conduct constituted active fraudulent concealment so as to estop the physician from asserting the medical malpractice statute of limitations. In this interlocutory appeal, the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's denial of the defendant physician's motion for summary judgment. Hughes v. Glaese (1994), Ind.App., 637 N.E.2d 822. Alleging inconsistencies between this decision and other case law on the question, the plaintiff seeks transfer. Transfer is granted.

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