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SLATER v. NATIONAL MEDICAL ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 2-96-342-CV.

962 S.W.2d 228 (1998)

Kayla SLATER, Appellant, v. NATIONAL MEDICAL ENTERPRISES, INC.; NME Specialty Hospitals, Inc.; PIA of Fort Worth d/b/a Psychiatric Institute of Fort Worth; Psychiatric Institutes of America, Inc.; Community Psychiatric Centers of Texas, Inc.d/b/a CPC Oak Bend Hospital; Fort Worth Medical Plaza, Inc. d/b/a HCA Medical Plaza Center; Annette Shelton, M.D.; and Robert Lamm Deas Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Overruled February 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noteboom and Gray, Chris Cessac, Hurst, for Appellant.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Robert B. Krakow, Dallas, for Appellee National Medical Enterprises, Inc.

Haynes and Boone, L.L.P., G. Dennis Sheehan, Fort Worth, for Appellee Psychiatric Institutes of America and NME Speciality Hospitals, Inc.

Davis & Wilkerson, P.C., Robert L. Hargett, Austin, for Appellee Community Psychiatric Centers of Texas, Inc.

Gwinn & Roby, Lea F. Courington, Dallas, for Appellee Fort Worth Medical Plaza, Inc.

McLean & Sanders, P.C., Tom Renfro, for Appellee Annette Shelton, M.D.

Before CAYCE, C.J., and LIVINGSTON and BRIGHAM, JJ.

OPINION

BRIGHAM, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice case that requires us to determine whether Appellant Kayla Slater's claims are time-barred and whether duress of a third party or fraudulent concealment act to toll the statute of limitations for her claims. The trial court granted summary judgment for Appellees1 on all of Appellant's claims on the basis of limitations. We affirm.

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