Smith v. Bordelove

The lower court granted defendants’ motion for accelerated judgment for the reason that plaintiff’s claim was barred by the statute of limitations. The plaintiff appeals the subsequent dismissal. We affirm.

Plaintiff Louanne Smith, then a minor, was treated by the defendant physician, Manuel O. Bordelove, at defendant Palmer Osteopathic Hospital East, on June 22, 1966.

The plaintiff first instituted suit by next friend on June 21, 1968, alleging medical malpractice on the part of the defendants. That case was dismissed without prejudice by the circuit court for no progress on November 16, 1970.

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