Zinke v. Orskog

CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Judge.

Robert Zinke (“Zinke”) appeals from the trial court’s judgment dismissing his refiled medical malpractice lawsuit against Michael Orskog (“Orskog”). At issue is whether Zinke refiled the lawsuit before the expiration of the one-year savings statute described in section 516.230.1 Zinke claims that the trial court erred in calculating the one-year time period from the date Zinke filed a motion to dismiss the initial lawsuit, rather than from the date the trial court entered an order granting the motion to dismiss. We disagree with Zinke and affirm.

Factual and Procedural…