Texas Supreme Court
Richard L. Shepherd, M.d., and Allan Graham, M.d., Petitioners v. Lahoma Ledford, Respondent; Transamerican Natural…
March 13, 1998962 S.W.2d 28
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court held that pre‑1996 Family Code §1.91(b) does not conflict with the two‑year medical‑malpractice limitations in the MLIIA nor with the two‑year wrongful‑death limitations in the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, affirmed the appellate court’s judgment for the doctors in Shepherd v. Ledford while reversing the appellate judgment for Transamerican in Fuentes, and clarified standing and procedural requirements for common‑law marriage claims and survival actions.