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HATFIELD v. BISHOP CLARKSON MEMORIAL HOSP.

Nos. 81-2114, 82-1010.

679 F.2d 1258 (1982)

Tamara HATFIELD, by her father and next friend, Samuel Hatfield, Appellant, v. BISHOP CLARKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, a Nebraska corporation, John Harold George, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 17, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Granted August 13, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Dinsmore, Omaha, Neb., for appellant.

Terry J. Grennan of Cassem, Tierney, Adams, Gotch & Douglas, Omaha, Neb., for appellee Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital.

Lyman L. Larsen and William M. Lamson, Jr., of Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, Omaha, Neb., for appellee John Harold George.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Granted August 13, 1982.

LAY, Chief Judge.

The sole question in this case is whether a Nebraska statute of limitations on professional negligence actions is tolled during the infancy of an injured minor. A diversity suit was brought in federal district court in Nebraska alleging that Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital and Dr. John George negligently provided prenatal and postnatal care to Tamara Hatfield's mother after the mother...

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