Legal Opinion
Boggs v. Tri-State Radiology, Inc.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 2000No. 82S04-0002-CV-115PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
BOEHM, Justice.
We hold that the Indiana Constitution is not violated by application of the Medical Malpractice Act’s two-year limitations period to bar a claim that was discovered several months before the limitations period expired and well within two years of its occurrence.
Factual and Procedural Background
In July 1991 Carolyn Boggs went to Doctor Robert H. Oswald after detecting a mass in her left breast. A mammogram was taken and Carolyn was instructed to return after one year. On July 28, 1992, a second mammogram was taken, and, based on 'a comparison with the…
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