Sheila Roberts on Behalf of Thomas Sam Edwards v. Nathan Hinkle, M.D.
Case Details
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- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- motion to dismiss granted by trial court; plaintiff appealed; appellate court affirmed
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Outcome
The appellate court affirmed the trial court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss, finding insufficient service of process and that the statute of limitations had expired on the health care liability claim.
Excerpt
This case involves a motion to dismiss for insufficiency of service of process and for expiration of the statute of limitations. The plaintiff filed this health care liability suit against a defendant physician. A process server went to the defendant's office to serve him, and after the process server was unable to locate the defendant, he served the summons and complaint on an employee of the hospital where the defendant's office was located. The defendant answered the complaint and raised the defense that there was insufficient service of process. More than a year after the complaint was filed, the defendant filed a motion to dismiss. The trial court granted the defendant's motion, finding that the plaintiff failed to properly serve the defendant and that the statute of limitations had run on the health care liability action. The plaintiff appeals. We affirm.
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