JIROVEC v. MAXWELL

No. 725.

483 S.W.2d 852 (1972)

Gertrude JIROVEC, Individually and joined by her husband Lambert Jirovec, Appellants, v. W. J. MAXWELL, Jr., M.D., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

July 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tuck R. Chapin, San Antonio, for appellants.

Atlas, Hall, Schwarz, Mills, Gurwitz & Bland, Gary R. Gurwitz, Harry Hall, McAllen, for appellee.


OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

We are here confronted with a limitation problem in a medical malpractice case. Gertrude Jirovec, joined by her husband, Lambert Jirovec, filed suit against Dr. W. J. Maxwell for damages allegedly resulting from his negligence in the performance of an operation upon Mrs. Jirovec on March 28, 1969.

Mrs. Jirovec suffered a fall on March 27, 1969, wherein she fractured her right femur. Dr. Maxwell pinned the fracture on March...

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