RATHJE v. MERCY HOSP.

No. 04-2081.

745 N.W.2d 443 (2008)

Georgia M. RATHJE, Kelly Rathje and Richard Rathje, Appellants, v. MERCY HOSPITAL, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Dwight J. Schroeder, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James. P. Hayes and Karen A. Lorenzen of Hayes Lorenzen Lawyers PLC, Iowa City, and Richard H. Doyle of Galligan, Doyle & Reid, PC, Des Moines, for appellants.

David A. Elderkin and Robert M. Hogg of Elderkin & Pirnie, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellees.


CADY, Justice.

In this appeal, we must decide if the district court correctly granted summary judgment in a medical malpractice action based on a claim that the plaintiffs failed to file their petition within the statute of limitations. Although the district court relied on our line of prior cases in reaching its decision, we now conclude the statute of limitations for medical malpractice actions does not begin to run until discovery of both the injury and its factual...

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