DOWD v. RAYNER

No. 93-399-Appeal.

655 A.2d 679 (1995)

Elizabeth J. DOWD, Individually and as Natural Parent and Next Friend of Casey M. Dowd, a Minor v. Douglas A. RAYNER, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Paul Grimm, Decof & Grimm, Providence, for plaintiff.

John F. Dolan, Elizabeth Flynn Sullivan, Rice, Dolan & Kershaw, Rebecca Tedford Partington, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, for defendants.


OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

The plaintiffs Elizabeth J. Dowd and her minor daughter Casey M. Dowd appealed to the Supreme Court from the entry of a summary judgment in favor of the defendant John H. McGowan, M.D. In his motion for summary judgment, the defendant successfully argued that the statute of limitations on medical malpractice actions is constitutional and therefore barred the plaintiffs' claims against him. On appeal, the plaintiffs challenged...

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