Poling v. Moitra

717 S.W.2d 520 (1986)

Harold M. POLING, Appellant,

v.

S.K. MOITRA, M.D., Respondent.

No. 67917.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

October 14, 1986.

Keith W. Hicklin, Memphis, for appellant.

Hamp Ford, Columbia, for respondent.

BILLINGS, Judge.

The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, transferred this case so this Court could determine whether the statute of limitations on medical malpractice claims, § 516.105, RSMo 1978, bars such a claim against a physician who left Missouri to reside in another state, or whether the tolling provisions of § 516.200, RSMo 1978, are applicable even though the…