Tangie Walters v. Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Shirley Kiefer, and Keith Spooner, M.D.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

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No. 08-0169

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Tangie Walters, Petitioner,

v.

Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Shirley Kiefer,

and Keith Spooner, M.D., Respondents

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On Petition for Review from the

Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas

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Argued September 9, 2009

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…