Virginia E. Alldredge and Julia A. Luker, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Venita Hargis v. The Good Samaritan Home, Inc.

MASSA, Justice.

Nearly two centuries ago, Justice Stephen C. Stevens observed: “the wisest of judges have had much trouble in wading through the labyrinth of difficulties, dis-criminations, technicalities and shades that have gathered around the statute of limitations.” Raymond v. Simonson, 4 Blackf. 77, 84 (Ind.1835). 1 Although the case be fore us concerns the statutory filing period of a non-claim statute rather than a statute of limitation, we find Justice Stevens’s metaphor equally applicable here, where plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s determination that their wrongful death claim was…