Guinn v. Light

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

The question presented is whether the statute of limitations continues to run for a claim under the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act when a proposed complaint is tendered to the commissioner of insurance and the commissioner determines that the health care provider has not qualified under the Act. We hold that it does.

The complaint alleging malpractice states that on August 10, 1982, appellee Craig Light, D.D.S., injected an anesthetic into appellant Barbara Guinn's lower jaw to numb her mouth for oral surgery. Gerald Funderburk, D.D.S., who was assisting Light, gave…