Eldridge v. Eastmoreland General Hospital

*549WARREN, J.

Plaintiff appeals the trial court’s dismissal of this wrongful death action on Statute of Limitations grounds. We affirm.

Plaintiff is the personal representative of the estate of the deceased, Renee Eldridge. The fifth amended complaint alleges that on May 9,1981, the day of decedent’s birth, defendant Laszlo and another physician, acting as agents of Eastmoreland General Hospital, were negligent in the placement of an endotracheal tube in decedent’s esophagus, which caused her death in September, 1981. Plaintiff then alleges:

“[P]laintiff reasonably believed Renee Eldridge’s…