Court Opinion

ID: 9449590
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 16:16:24.479478+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:31:53.956043
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CAMERON, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent. It is uncon“tradicted that the “first” doctor-patient relationship was ended in 1950 when Dr. Burman left Indiana. Under the law of any of the States involved, the statute at the latest started running then, even assuming arguendo concealment until and before that time. The later examination in 1954 constituted an entirely new and separate relationship and, in my opinion, could not create an ex post facto doctor-patient relationship for the period between 1950 and 1954.
Since the doctor-patient relationship ceased in 1950, the action is barred even by the Mississippi six-year statute. I think we need look no further.