MAYER v. GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL

No. 1 CA-CIV 1152.

14 Ariz. App. 248 (1971)

482 P.2d 497

Francine Rae MAYER and Eric Dorian Mayer, wife and husband, Appellants, v. GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, an Arizona corporation, Clifford E. Ernst and Jane Doe Ernst, his wife, Edward Sattenspiel and Jane Doe Sattenspiel, his wife, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1971.

Review Denied April 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Langerman, Begam & Lewis, by James J. Leonard, Jr. and Kenneth P. Clancy, Phoenix, for appellants.

O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, by Frank A. Parks and George H. Mitchell, Phoenix, for appellees Good Samaritan Hospital.

Jennings, Strouss & Salmon by W. Michael Flood, Phoenix, for appellees Ernst.

Jack M. Anderson and Paul W. Holloway, Phoenix, for appellees Sattenspiel.


JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.

The only issue presented in this appeal is when does a cause of action for personal injuries arising out of a malpractice action "accrue" for purpose of causing the running of the statute of limitations to commence.

On March 13, 1964, the plaintiff-appellant, Francine Rae Mayer, was admitted to Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, for the induced delivery of her first child. Mrs. Mayer had previously been under the treatment...

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