ROTELLA v. PEDERSON

No. 97-10731.

144 F.3d 892 (1998)

Mark ROTELLA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William M. PEDERSON, M.D., William M. Pederson, M.D.P.A., Leslie H. Secrest, M.D., Leslie H. Secrest, M.D.P.A., John M. Zimburean, M.D., John M. Zimburean, M.D.P.A., Larry W. Arnold, M.D., Larry W. Arnold, M.D.P.A., Bradford M. Goff, M.D., Bradford M. Goff, M.D.P.A., Fred L. Griffin, M.D., Fred L. Griffin, M.D.P.A. Angela M. Wood, M.D., Angela M. Wood, M.D.P.A., Gary Lee Etter, M.D., Gary Lee Etter, M.D.P.A., Grover Lawlis, M.D., Grover Lawlis, M.D.P.A., Dallas Psychiatric Associates, A Partnership, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Franklin Andrews, Andrews & Cirkiel, Fort Worth, TX, Richard Phillips Hogan, Jr., Kevin Hampton Dubose, Holman, Hogan, Dubose & Townsend, Houston, TX, Martin J. Cirkiel, Round Rock, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Tom B. Renfro, Joseph F. Cleveland, McLean & Sanders, Fort Worth, TX, for Pederson, Secrest, Zimburean, Arnold, Goff, Griffin and Dallas Psychiatric Associates, Defendants-Appellees.

Debora M. Alsup, Thompson & Knight, Austin, TX, John H. Martin, Thompson & Knight, Jane Politz Brandt, Dallas, TX, for Wood and Etter.

Charles T. Frazier, Jr., Andrea M. Kuntzman, Cowles & Thompson, Dallas, TX, for Lawlis.

Before REAVLEY, DeMOSS and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant, Mark Rotella ("Rotella"), appeals from the district court's order granting summary judgment for defendants based on its finding that Rotella's claims were barred by limitations. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

On February 19, 1985, Rotella, then age sixteen, was admitted to Brookhaven Psychiatric Pavilion ("Brookhaven"). Defendants-appellees are physicians...

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