Cheever v. Southern New Hampshire Regional Medical Center

The plaintiff, Lynne Cheever, administrator of the estate of Cory Cheever, appeals the order of the Superior Court {Arnold, J.) granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss on the basis that the plaintiff’s action is time-barred. We affirm.

In the early morning hours of April 7, 1989, Lynne Cheever, then twenty-seven weeks pregnant, was admitted to defendant Southern New Hampshire Regional Medical Center on the advice of her treating physician, defendant Arthur Ansdell. She was experiencing contractions, cramping, and bleeding. At the hospital, Mrs. Cheever was administered a series of drugs in…