Court Opinion

ID: 9591311
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:03:34.080663+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:09.424071
License: Public Domain

Judge Wells
dissenting in part and concurring in part.
The majority opinion recognizes plaintiffs claim for fraudulent concealment, based on plaintiffs allegations that defendant physicians made false representations of material facts which served to conceal from plaintiff the “true nature and extent” of her injuries; that such representations were made with the intention of preventing plaintiff from discovering that plaintiffs fracture had been “overlooked” at plaintiffs initial examination; and that such misrepresentations prevented plaintiff from obtaining necessary treatment.
In my opinion, plaintiffs allegations state a claim for malpractice, and I would not recognize a claim for fraud based on those allegations. I, therefore, dissent from that part of the ma*777jority opinion which recognizes and allows such a claim to go to trial.
I concur in the remainder of the majority opinion.