Legal Opinion

Ronnie Tejada and Rose Tejada as Next Friend of Kelsey Tejada and Kaylee Tejada v. Naphcare, Inc. and Virgilio Gernale

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided August 11, 2011No. 01-10-00569-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JANE BLAND, Justice.

In this medical-malpractice case, Ronnie and Rose Tejada appeal the trial court’s summary judgment favoring appellee, Virgilio Gernale, M.D. The Tejadas contend that trial court erred by granting summary judgment because they timely filed their claims within the applicable limitations period, a res judicata defense with respect to an earlier filed federal suit is without merit, and they raised a fact issue that Gernale’s negligence proximately caused their injuries. We conclude that (1) Gernale has not conclusively proved that limitations bars his alleged acts of…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  2. Gregory Sage v. James R. Howard, M. D., Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2015
  3. Daniel Oriakhi v. GEO Group, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
  4. Cruzita Dobyns v. Odessa Dental Solutions, PA and Shihab Mulah Diais, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2023
  5. Daniel Mandarino, Carrie Mandarino, Laura Doyle, Robert Church, Brett Beals and Linda Beals as Trustees of the Beals Family Revocable Trust, Robert A. Schalbe, William H. Gay, Jr., Riccardio D. Gay, Eric Johnstone, Rafal Zielinski and Vally Mestroni v. Sherwood Lane Investments, LLC, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2016

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