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WALTERS v. CLEVELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CTR.

No. 08-0169.

307 S.W.3d 292 (2010)

Tangie WALTERS, Petitioner, v. CLEVELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Shirley Kiefer, and Keith Spooner, M.D., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided March 12, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Bradshaw-Hull, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.

James Wilson Key Wilde, Dameron, Burgin, Parker & Jackson, Richard Sheehy, M. Randall Jones, Sheehy Serpe & Ware, P.C., Houston, TX, for Respondent, Cleveland Regional Medical Center.

Robert G. Smith, Michael W. Blaise, Lorance & Thompson, P.C., Houston, TX, R. Brent Cooper, Diana L. Faust, Devon J. Singh, Matthew C. Kawalek, Cooper & Scully, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Respondent, Keith Spooner, M.D.

Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is one of two "surgical sponge" cases decided today regarding the time limits placed on medical-malpractice suits.1 The issue here: did Tangie Walters raise a fact issue as to whether she could avail herself of the Open Courts provision2 as an exception to the two-year statute of limitations?

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