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TINKLE v. HENDERSON

No. 12-86-0079-CV.

730 S.W.2d 163 (1987)

Patricia Ann TINKLE, Appellant, v. B.W. HENDERSON, M.D., et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blake Bailey, Bailey, Pierce & Negem, Thomas W. Hathaway, Hathaway & McClendon, Tyler, for appellant.

Forrest G. Braselton, Nacogdoches, Robert Fairchild, Fairchild, Price, Russell & Thomas, Center, for appellees.

BILL BASS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of the defendant health care providers in a medical malpractice case. The primary question presented is the constitutionality of the strict limitations provisions of Tex.Ins.Code Ann. art. 5.82, § 4 (Vernon 1981) (repealed),1 as applied to a person of unsound mind. We reverse the trial court and remand the cause for trial.

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