Walk v. Ring

OPINION

FELDMAN, Justice.

¶ 1 This is another in the long line of claimed professional negligence cases in which our courts have examined the manner in which the discovery rule and constructive fraud theories apply to toll the statute of limitations.

¶2 Jimmye Walk (Plaintiff) brought an action against Dr. Dale J. Ring (Defendant) for dental malpractice in 1997. The trial judge granted summary judgment to Defendant on the basis of the statute of limitations, and the court of appeals affirmed. See Walk v. Ring, No. 1 CA-CV-00-0233 (filed Feb. 8, 2001) (mem. dec.). We granted review to examine and…