Melendez v. Beal

OPINION

DOYLE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment against appellant in a medical malpractice case. Appellees based their motion for summary judgment on the medical malpractice limitation defense in Tex.Rev. Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4590i, sec. 10.01 (Vernon Supp.1984).

Appellant Melendez entered St. Elizabeth Hospital in May 1968 for appellee Dr. Beal to surgically remove her gall bladder. Ap-pellees Paula Penn and Rose Mary Simmons were nurses who assisted in the surgery.

Appellant had no further problems until May 1981, when she began to experience a pulling sensation and pain in her…