Texas Supreme Court

Nataranja Bala, M.d., Petitioner v. Martha Sue Maxwell

November 2, 199539 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 77

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that both the survival and wrongful death claims against Dr. Bala were barred by the two‑year medical malpractice limitations period in Article 4590i, §10.01, which began in December 1987 for the survival claim and in December 1989 for the wrongful death claim, and rejected the Maxwells' open‑courts argument.