Hill v. Milani

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment construing the two-year limitations provision of the Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act of Texas, Tex. Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4590i § 10.01 (Vernon Supp.1985).

On August 24, 1980, Wiley E. Hill was bitten by a rattlesnake and treated by Dr. John C. Milani, Jr. Hill filed suit on November 2, 1982, alleging that Dr. Milani was negligent in treating the snakebite. Dr. Milani moved for summary judgment, alleging that Hill’s action was barred by limitations.

At the summary judgment hearing, argument focused on the question of…