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MELENDEZ v. BEAL

No. 01-84-00379-CV.

683 S.W.2d 869 (1984)

Virginia MELENDEZ, Appellant, v. Dr. A.W. BEAL, St. Elizabeth Hospital of Houston, Texas, Paula Penn and Rose Mary Simmons, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Heller, Stolaroff & Heller, Houston, for appellant.

Douglas E. Markham, Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Jerry R. Bonney, Houston, for appellees.

Before EVANS, C.J., and DOYLE and BULLOCK, JJ.

OPINION

DOYLE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment against appellant in a medical malpractice case. Appellees based their motion for summary judgment on the medical malpractice limitation defense in Tex.Rev. Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4590i, sec. 10.01 (Vernon Supp.1984).

Appellant Melendez entered St. Elizabeth Hospital in May 1968 for appellee Dr. Beal to surgically remove her gall bladder. Appellees Paula Penn and Rose Mary Simmons were...

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