Propst v. Health Maintenance Plan, Inc.

The plaintiff-appellant has taken the instant appeal from the order of the trial court granting the appellees’ motion to dismiss. 1 For the reasons which follow, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

On August 19, 1988, the plaintiff, Shelby J. Franklin (now deceased), filed a complaint against the defendants alleging that they were negligent in failing to diagnose and treat her cancer. The named defendants included two physicians, Pamela Werner and Steve Guy, and two corporations, appellees Community Mutual Insurance Company and Health Maintenance Plan, Inc. The latter two are health…