Collins v. Newman

Ruffin, Judge.

Mechelle Collins sued Spencer Newman, a licensed veterinarian, for damages resulting from an operation Newman performed upon Collins’ dog, alleging that Newman left certain medical instruments inside the dog during a spaying procedure. The complaint also alleged that Newman failed to provide Collins with certain veterinary records that might have supported a claim for malpractice. Contemporaneously with his answer, Newman filed a motion to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that it was barred by the statute of limitation and that Collins had failed to provide the expert…