Miguel v. Lehman

CRANE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict in a medical malpractice action. His sole issue on appeal is that the action was barred by the two-year statute of limitations applicable to medical malpractice claims. § 516.105 RSMo 1994. We agree and reverse.

Plaintiff, Teresa Miguel, was born on April 20, 1969. Defendant, Richard Lehman, M.D., performed surgery on her shoulder on May 15, 1989, when she was twenty years old, and last treated her on August 7, 1989. Plaintiff filed this medical malpractice action for injuries arising out of the surgery on December 28,…