TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
ON MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION EN BANC
NO. 03-05-00454-CV
Cecelia Ledesma, Appellant
v.
George L. Shashoua, M.D.; Oakwood Women’s Cenre, P.A. at Round Rock;
Joseph Eddings; B. Johns, CRNA; and Round Rock Medical Center, Appellees
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, 277TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 05-489-C277, HONORABLE KEN ANDERSON, JUDGE PRESIDING
SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION
Ms. Ledesma has filed a motion for reconsideration en banc. In addition to re-urging
her arguments on original submission, Ledesma contends that her inability to obtain
discovery before the 120-day expert-report deadline caused section 74.351 of the
Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code to operate unconstitutionally in her case and rendered the
district court’s refusal to grant her a 30-day extension under 74.351(c) an abuse of discretion.
As we recently suggested on rehearing in Bogar v. Esparza, “‘we can certainly imagine a due
process deprivation to a health care liability claimant pinned between a firm expert report
deadline and a hypothetical absence of discovery tools.’” 2008 Tex. App. LEXIS 3576, ___ S.W.3d
___, ___ (Tex. App.—Austin May 16, 2008, no. pet. h.) (op. on reh’g) (quoting Thoyakulathu
v. Brennan, 192 S.W.3d 849, 855 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2006, no pet.)). That case has not been
presented to us here. Ledesma has not fully and effectively utilized the discovery methods that
section 74.351(s) allows, nor preserved any complaints regarding deprivations of such discovery.
We overrule Ms. Ledesma’s motion for reconsideration en banc.
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Bob Pemberton, Justice
Before Chief Justice Law, Justices Patterson, Puryear, Pemberton, Waldrop and Henson;
Dissenting Opinion by Justice Henson
Filed: May 23, 2008
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