Memorial Hospital of Galveston County v. Gillis

Forty days after the trial court had dismissed her worker’s compensation suit for want of prosecution, Zelma Lee Gillis filed an unverified motion to reinstate. Gillis’ motion stated the nature of her action, explained the cause for the delay in prosecution, and claimed that her suit had merit. Following a hearing on her motion, the trial court reinstated her action. The record does not reflect what transpired at that hearing, and the order reinstating the cause does not recite the trial court’s findings or the grounds for reinstatement. The action later went to trial, where Gillis had…