ELGIN v. BARTLETT

No. 98SC622.

994 P.2d 411 (1999)

J. Casey ELGIN, D.O., and Pat Harris-Dubose, P.A., Petitioners/Cross-Respondents, v. Julie BARTLETT and Guy Bartlett, Individually and as parents and next friends of Heather Bartlett, a minor, Respondents/Cross-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richman & Jones, P.C., Alan E. Richman, C. Todd Drake, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, Pat Harris-Dubose.

Andrew T. Brake, P.C., Lee T. Judd, Englewood, Colorado, Eugene Deikman, P.C., Eugene Deikman, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondents/Cross-Petitioners.


Justice HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to review three questions regarding the court of appeals opinion in Bartlett v. Elgin, 973 P.2d 694 (Colo.App.1998).1 These questions stem from a medical malpractice suit brought by parents as "next friends" of their injured minor child. We hold that (1) the statute of limitations applicable to the minor's cause of action for...

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