Lakeman v. LaFrance

Lampeón, J.

The first question transferred is the following: “In a malpractice action is the two year Statute of Limitations tolled by fraudulent concealment of facts allegedly giving rise to the cause of action?”

USA 508:4 provides that “Actions of trespass to the person, actions for malpractice, and actions for defamatory words may be brought within two years, and all other personal actions within six years, after the cause of action accrued, and not afterward.” Laws 1937, c. 21, s. 1, added actions for malpractice to the above statute which otherwise had been in substantially the same form…