REED v. GUARD

No. 07-1231.

285 S.W.3d 662 (2008)

Tommie REED, Appellant, v. Peggy GUARD, M.D., Individually; Peggy Guard, M.D., Owner of Arkansas Clinic for Women; Arkansas Clinic for Women, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson Law Firm, P.A., by: E. Dion Wilson, Helena, and Gary V. Austin, Helena, for appellant.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, by: Kathryn A. Kirkpatrick, Little Rock, for appellees.


TOM GLAZE, Justice.

In this appeal, we are asked to consider what constitutes a "foreign object" that would toll the two-year statute of limitations in a medical malpractice action. See Ark.Code Ann. § 16-114-203(b) (Repl. 2006).

Appellant Tommie Reed was a patient of Appellee Dr. Peggy Guard, a gynecologist in Little Rock; Dr. Guard treated Reed for a variety of complaints from August 1995 until January of 1997, when Dr. Guard recommended that...

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