Wallace v. Homan & Crimen, Inc.

OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

This case involves the application of a statute of limitation which reduced the period of time within which a minor could sue a hospital or doctor covered by liability insurance for a tort. The trial Court concluded that that limitation barred the suit and granted a summary judgment for the Appellees. We affirm.

The Appellant’s father sustained fatal injuries after jumping from a window of Southwestern General Hospital in El Paso on December 18, 1961. At the time of his father’s death, Kennan D. Wallace was three years old. He filed this suit on June 24, 1977, when he…