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McCOLLUM v. SISTERS OF CHARITY

Nos. 89-SC-63-DG, 89-SC-229-TG, 89-SC-234-TG, 89-SC-238-TG, 89-SC-251-TG and 89-SC-293-TG.

799 S.W.2d 15 (1990)

Richard L. McCOLLUM, et al., Movants, v. SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NAZARETH HEALTH CORPORATION, et al., Respondents. Cora GILBERT, Appellant, v. NAZARETH LITERARY AND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, et al., Appellees. Martha Lois BILL, et al., Appellants, v. NAZARETH LITERARY AND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, et al., Appellees. Rudolf BOWLING, et al., Appellants, v. NAZARETH LITERARY AND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, et al., Appellees. Dorothy Combs MARTIN, et al., Appellants, v. NAZARETH LITERARY AND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, et al., Appellees. Lillian BUTNER, Appellant, v. NAZARETH LITERARY AND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Miller, Cynthiana, Theodore L. Mussler, Jr., Louisville, for movants.

Robert J. Turley, Lexington, amicus curiae.

Linda M. Hopgood, Ronald L. Green, Lexington, for respondents.

F. Preston Farmer, John Warren Keller, London, John G. Prather, Jr., Winter R. Huff, Somerset, Eulyn L. Dean, W. Earl Dean, Harrodsburg, Robert E. Cato, London, for appellants.

Willis C. Cunnagin, Cunnagin & Cunnagin, London, Richard G. Segal, Segal & Shanks, Charles L. Koby, Segal & Shanks, Louisville, for appellees.

Rehearing Denied in No. 89-SC-238-TG December 27, 1990.

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The six cases before us present an attack on the constitutionality of the portion of KRS 413.140(2) that places a five-year cap on the institution of negligence or malpractice actions against physicians, surgeons, dentists, and hospitals. We hold that this part of the statute is unconstitutional as it violates the open courts provisions of the Kentucky Constitution. See

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