HODGDON v. WEEKS MEM. HOSP.

Nos. 81-107, 81-293.

122 N.H. 424 (1982)

DIANE HODGDON, ADMINISTRATRIX w/w/a OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN HODGDON v. BEATRICE D. WEEKS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

May 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown & Nixon P.A., of Manchester (Stanley M. Brown and David W. Hess on the brief, and Mr. Brown orally), for the plaintiff.

Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn & Kohls, of Manchester (Theodore Wadleigh on the brief and Robert L. Chiesa orally), for the defendant Robert E. Lewis, M.D.

Sulloway, Hollis & Soden, of Concord, for the defendant Beatrice D. Weeks Memorial Hospital, filed no brief.


BATCHELDER, J.

The issues involved in this appeal are (1) whether the Trial Court (DiClerico, J.) erred when it denied a motion to dismiss for failure to commence suit before the statute of limitations expired, (2) whether it erred when it allowed the late entry of the plaintiff's wrongful death writ, and (3) whether the plaintiff could maintain a breach of contract action for treatment that allegedly contributed to the death of her decedent. We hold (1) that...

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