Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit May 20, 1981, No. 80-1146 (Doran v. Compton)

SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This interlocutory appeal raises questions of the applicability and validity of former Tex.Ins.Code Ann. art. 5.82, § 4 (effective June 3,1975 and originally scheduled to expire December 31, 1977), a two-year statute of limitations for certain medical malpractice claims, with respect to a cause of action that accrued prior to the effective date of the statute.