Baker, J.
In this case of first impression, the appellant-plaintiff Bonnie Moryl, the widow of the deceased, Richard A. Moryl (Richard), appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the appellees-defendants, LaPorte Hospital, Dawn Forney, RN, Wanda Wakeman, RN, B. Prast, RN, and Dr. Carey B. Ransone (collectively, the appellees), when it determined as a matter of law that Moryl’s proposed complaint for medical malpractice was not timely filed with the Indiana Department of Insurance (Department).
Moryl claims that because the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure and the Indiana Rules of Appellate Procedure consider a pleading filed on the date that it was deposited with a third-party carrier, such as Fed Express (FedEx), the Medical Malpractice Act should also permit a proposed complaint to be considered filed with the Department on the day it was sent via FedEx Priority Overnight. Moryl suggests that the best “common sense resolution of this matter is for us to construe the Medical Malpractice statute to include the use of third party private carriers for filing.” Appellant’s App. p. 9.
Notwithstanding Moryl’s contentions, Trial Rule 5(F) makes it clear that mailing by registered or certified mail is not the same as depositing it with a third-party commercial carrier such as FedEx. And Indiana Code section 34-18-7-3(b) provides that a proposed complaint is considered filed when it is delivered to the Department or mailed by registered or certified mail to the Department.
In this case, the trial court properly found that Moryl’s complaint sent to the Department by FedEx was filed one day late under the two-year statute of limitations. Thus, the trial court properly entered summary judgment in the appellees’ favor.
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In sum, we conclude that Moryl did not file her medical malpractice complaint within the applicable two-year statute of limitations. Thus, we affirm the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in the appellees’ favor.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
MAY, J., and MATHIAS, J., concur.