Opinion ID: 2531952
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Heading: Estate of Johnson v. Graceland Care Center of Oxford, LLC

Text: ¶ 3. Ardelua Johnson was a resident of Graceland Care Center of Oxford, LLC, from September 1, 2001, until June 8, 2004. Johnson subsequently died on July 16, 2004. Allie Shaw, the executrix of the estate of Ardelua Johnson (hereinafter referred to as Johnson), served notice of intent to sue Graceland [1] on July 7, 2006, and subsequently filed suit against Graceland on September 11, 2006. The complaint alleged multiple counts of negligence, medical malpractice, gross negligence, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, statutory survival claims, and statutory wrongful death. ¶ 4. Graceland filed a Rule 12(b)(6) [2] motion to dismiss the suit on October 26, 2006. Graceland claimed Johnson's medical-malpractice claim was barred by the statute of limitations. Graceland further alleged that Johnson had mischaracterized the other claims against it plead around the medical-malpractice statute of limitations. Finally, the motion alleged that the complaint failed to state a cause of action against the defendants, failed to plead fraud with particularity, and failed to state a cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty. ¶ 5. After a hearing on the matter, the trial court ruled that all of the plaintiff's claims arose from alleged medical malpractice by Graceland. The trial court further held that the medical-malpractice statute of limitations began to run the last day Johnson received treatment from Graceland, and therefore, the plaintiff's claims were time-barred. The plaintiff's claims were dismissed with prejudice, and Johnson brings the present appeal.