Bolton v. Caine

CLIFFORD, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Judith Bolton, the personal representative for the estate of Margery M. McDonald, the decedent, and Robert A. McDonald, the husband of the decedent, appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, Hancock County, dismissing their complaint as barred by the applicable statute of limitations. 1 The plaintiffs allege that, during the course of treating the decedent for a fractured hip and wrist, the defendant physicians negligently failed to inform her of a possible cancerous lesion evident on her x-rays. Because we determine that the “discovery rule” for “foreign…