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· 4/6/1983

Sax v. Votteler

Citations

  • 648 S.W.2d 661
  • 26 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 316
  • 1983 Tex. LEXIS 286

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that the “purpose and basis for article 5.82 are legitimate” but nonetheless holding the restriction unreasonable as applied to minors
  • recognizing that the “purpose and basis for article 5.82 are legitimate” but nonetheless holding the restriction unreasonable as applied to minors
  • recognizing that the \purpose and basis for article 5.82 are legitimate\ but nonetheless holding the restriction unreasonable as applied to minors
  • holding that a statute violates due process when it abolishes a right to bring a well-established common-law cause of action without providing a reasonable alternative
  • concluding that the medical malpractice statute of limitations violated the state constitution's open-courts guarantee by \effectively abolish[ing] a minor's right to bring a well-established common law cause of action without providing a reasonable alternative\
  • recognizing in as-applied open courts challenge that the “purpose and basis for article 5.82 are legitimate”

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Judges: Kilgarlin

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