Supreme Court of Connecticut
Peek v. Manchester Memorial Hospital
February 2, 2022342 Conn. 103
Summary
The court held that the limitations period for a negligence or medical malpractice action begins when the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should discover actionable harm, meaning both the physical harm and its causal connection to the defendant's negligence. Because the plaintiff submitted evidence that she did not learn of that causal connection until April 6, 2015, a genuine issue of material fact remained concerning whether her action was timely. The court affirmed the Appellate Court's reversal of summary judgment and declined to abandon the established interpretation in favor of a different plain-meaning construction.