REYES v. KENT GENERAL HOSP., INC.


487 A.2d 1142 (1984)

Melquaides REYES, Individually, and as Administrator of the Estate of Dulce Reyes, Plaintiff below-Appellant, v. KENT GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC., a corporation of the State of Delaware, Thomas Maxwell, M.D., Honorata Bengzon, M.D., and the Department of Health and Social Services, an agency of the State of Delaware, Defendants below-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided November 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Whitehurst (argued) and Harold Schmittinger of Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, for appellant.

Mason E. Turner (argued), of Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, Samuel R. Russell (argued), of Biggs & Battaglia, Wilmington, and Robert B. Young of Young & Schwartz, Dover, for defendants.

Before McNEILLY, MOORE and CHRISTIE, JJ., BROWN, Chancellor, and BERGER, Vice-Chancellor.


McNEILLY, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Superior Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants.1 The Superior Court granted summary judgment on the ground that plaintiff's medical malpractice claims were barred by the applicable Statute of Limitations. 18 Del.C. § 6856.2 Plaintiff's appeal presents the issue of whether a three year Statute...

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