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RANKIN v. METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD.

No. 04-07-00305-CV.

261 S.W.3d 93 (2008)

Emmalene RANKIN, Appellant, v. METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD., LLP, d/b/a Methodist Hospital; Wendell C. Schorlemer, M.D. and Robert Schorlemer, M.D., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled June 19, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Robin Teague, David M. Adkisson, Law Office of David M. Adkisson, P.C., San Antonio, TX, for Appellant.

Charles A. Deacon, Bertina B. York, Rosemarie Kanusky, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Tyler Scheuerman, Uzick, Oncken, Scheuerman & Berger, P.C., San Antonio, R. Brent Cooper, Diana L. Faust, Devon J. Singh, Cooper & Scully, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Appellee.

Sitting: KAREN ANGELINI, Justice, REBECCA SIMMONS, Justice, STEVEN C. HILBIG, Justice.

OPINION

Opinion by REBECCA SIMMONS, Justice.

The primary issue in this appeal is whether the ten-year statute of repose under Section 74.251(b) of the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code violates the open courts provision of the Texas Constitution. The trial court granted summary judgment for Appellees Methodist Healthcare System (Methodist), Dr. W.C. Schorlemer, and Dr. Robert Schorlemer (collectively Physicians) on the basis that the statute of repose...

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