Legal Opinion

De Checa v. Diagnostic Center Hospital, Inc.

Texas Supreme Court

Decided June 16, 1993No. D-2761PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CORNYN, Justice.

This case comes to us on certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The questions require interpretation of the notice and limitations provisions of the Texas Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act (the Act).1 Specifically, we are asked: 1) whether notice of a health care liability claim2 to one health care provider tolls the statute of limitations for seventy-five days for all health care providers against whom a claim is timely asserted, 2) whether a claim is barred when notice is served within two years and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Morrison v. ChanTexas Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Hines v. HashTexas Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Schepps v. Presbyterian Hospital of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Roberts v. Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1991
  5. Rhodes v. McCarron, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1988

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3Cited by62 opinions

  1. Chilkewitz v. HysonTexas Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Garcia v. GomezTexas Supreme Court · 2010
  3. America Online, Inc. v. Williams, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1998
  4. Hagedorn v. Tisdale, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2002
  5. Finley v. SteenkampCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000

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