Elgin v. Bartlett

We granted certiorari to review three questions regarding the court of appeals opinion in Bartlett v. Elgin, 973 P.2d 694 (Colo.App.1998). 1 These questions stem from a medical malpractice suit brought by parents as “next friends” of their injured minor child. We hold that (1) the statute of limitations applicable to the minor’s cause of action for medical negligence does not begin to run until the minor reaches the age of eighteen, unless the minor has a court-appointed legal representative; (2) the minor’s legal disability does not toll the statute of limitations applicable to the parents’…