BOWLIN HORN v. CITIZENS HOSP.

81-581.

425 So.2d 1065 (1982)

Melinda J. BOWLIN HORN v. CITIZENS HOSPITAL, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Heninger of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for appellant.

R. Blake Lazenby and B. Clark Carpenter, Jr. of Dixon, Wooten, Boyett, Thornton, Carpenter & O'Brien, Talladega, for appellee Citizens Hosp.

W. Michael Atchison and Carol A. Smith of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for appellee Dr. E.H. Roberts.


MADDOX, Justice.

Plaintiff below appeals the granting of summary judgment for the defendants by the trial court on the ground the recovery was barred by the four-year statute of limitations of the Medical Liability Act. The dispositive issue here is whether fraudulent concealment tolls the operation of the Medical Liability Act thereby permitting an action otherwise permitted by the statute to be brought more than four years after the alleged act of malpractice.<...

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