LARSEN v. MAYO MEDICAL CENTER

No. 99-3425.

218 F.3d 863 (2000)

Patricia L. LARSEN; Donald Larsen, Appellants, v. MAYO MEDICAL CENTER; The Mayo Foundation; Mayo Clinic, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed July 14, 2000.

Rehearing Denied August 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth F. Johannson, Crookston, Minnesota, argued, for Appellants.

Leo G. Stern, Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued (Kathleen M. Miller, on the brief), for Appellees.

Before HANSEN and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Patricia Larsen contracted an illness from medication administered to her during her hospitalization at the Mayo Medical Center ("Mayo"). She sued Mayo for medical malpractice. Mayo moved for summary judgment on the basis that Larsen's claim was time-barred. The district court granted the motion, and Larsen appeals. Because Larsen failed to serve Mayo within the two-year statute of limitations, we affirm.

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