Neagle v. Nelson

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the granting of a summary judgment to all defendants in a medical malpractice case. In December, 1977, George C. Nelson, M.D., Roy J. Hotz, M.D., L. Norris, L.V.N., and N. Stillwell, R.N., appellees, allegedly left a surgical sponge in the appellant’s abdomen after an appendectomy. The date of last examination or treatment by any defendant was January, 1978. Appellant filed suit in October, 1980. The trial court granted the summary judgment on the ground that the suit was barred by the two-year statute of limitations. Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art.…