· 7/1/1850
Thacher & Fearing v. Jones & Ayer
Citations
- 31 Me. 528
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- limiting the situations where the statute of limitations is tolled and the plaintiff has actual knowledge to those situations where there is a showing that the plaintiff is relying on the doctor to “correct the consequences of poor treatment”
- statute of limitations not tolled during the time period in which patient continued to have her physician renew her prescriptions but did not seek treatment to correct the injury caused by poor treatment
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Judges: Shepley
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