RATLIFF v. EARLE

No. 04-96-00659-CV.

961 S.W.2d 591 (1997)

Michael RATLIFF and Shirley Ratliff, Appellants v. Stephen E. EARLE, M.D., Appellee

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

December 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna J. Bowen, Michael L. Slack, Sylvia H. Imhoff, Slack & Davis, L.L.P., Austin, James A. Hall, Branton & Hall, P.C., San Antonio, for Appellant.

Phylis J. Speedlin, Brett E. Dunn, Virginia A. Coyle, Clemens & Spencer, San Antonio, for Appellee.

Before HARDBERGER, C.J., and RICKHOFF and LÓPEZ, JJ.


OPINION

LÓPEZ, Justice.

This is an appeal of a summary judgment in which the trial court ruled that the two-year statute of limitations barred the medical malpractice claim. We find under the course of treatment doctrine that limitations in this case did not begin to run until the date of Dr. Earle's last treatment and that the claim is not barred by the statute. The summary judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded for a trial on the merits.<...

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