Neagle v. Nelson

WALLACE, Justice.

This appeal presents an attack on the constitutionality of the limitations provision in the 1977 Medical Liability Act. Bobby Neagle filed this malpractice action against Dr. George C. Nelson, Dr. Roy J. Hotz and two nurses, Nancy S. Kieschnick and Linda N. White. He alleged that a surgical sponge had been left in his abdomen during an appendectomy in which the respondents had participated. Each respondent moved for summary judgment on the ground that *12Neagle’s claim was barred by a two-year statute of limitations. TEX.REV.CIV. STAT.ANN. art. 4590i, § 10.01. The trial court…