Becky Baber v. Clare Edman, M.D.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Becky Baber filed this diversity suit against Doctor Clare Edman, Southwestern Medical School, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas for gross negligence in performing an abortion. The institutional defendants, adjudged entities of the state, were dismissed from the action for lack of personal jurisdiction. Nine months after Baber filed her complaint, Dr. Edman amended his answer to allege that the court lacked jurisdiction over the dispute because Baber had failed to give him written notice of her intent to sue at least sixty days before…