Thomas v. Olympus/Nelson Property Management

OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.

At issue in this case is the meaning of “home address” under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 742a, governing service of citation by delivery to premises. For service to be appropriate under this rule, the plaintiff must list in the complaint “all home and work addresses of the defendant which are known to the [plaintiff].” We must decide whether service is proper under this rule if the plaintiff knows the defendant is being treated at an out-of-town hospital yet does not list this hospital as an address in its complaint. Concluding that service under Rule 742a…