Sanchez v. Providence Memorial Hospital

OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

Sherry Sanchez appeals from a summary judgment entered in a medical malpractice case upon a plea of the two-year statute of limitations. We affirm.

The Appellant initially filed suit against Dr. Gilbert Rosas who administered anesthesia when she gave birth by caesarean section on April 8, 1978. On March 11, 1980, she gave written notice to Appellee of her intention to join the hospital as a code-fendant. Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. art. 4590i, sec. 4.01(a). This had the effect of tolling the applicable statute of limitations for a period of seventy-five days. Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.…