Yamaguchi v. Queen's Medical Center

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• holding that cause of action for medical malpractice accrues when “plaintiff discovers or should have discovered the negligent act, the damage, and the causal connection between the former and the latter”
• concluding that “the statute be given prospective effect only, as there exists no indication in either the statutory language or the accompanying committee reports that the legislature intended a different result” (citation omitted)
• “Appellant’s principal contention on appeal is that the statute of limitations was tolled by appellees’ (essentially the hospital’s
• claim accrues upon discovery of injury, negligent act and causation
• claim accrues upon discovery of injury, negligent act and causation

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