Late Filing Dooms Oklahoma Citizen’s Federal Medical Injury Suit

An Oklahoma woman’s next of kin can’t proceed with a federal court suit alleging her Arkansas health care providers failed to properly diagnose and treat her cervical cancer, a federal magistrate judge said.

A medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the administrator of De’Ja Curtis’ estate against Arkansas health care providers—who removed it to a federal court pursuant to its diversity jurisdiction,—is barred by Arkansas’ two-year statute of limitations, Magistrate Judge Jason A. Robertson of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, said Tuesday.

Arkansas law applied because the alleged negligence occurred in that state, and the defendants ...