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ROBERT W. CARY, M.D. v. MITCH ALFORD (Other)
State: Texas
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 05-1018
Case Date: 09/22/2006
Judge: court of appeals judgment, and remand this case to that court to reconsider this
Plaintiff: ROBERT W. CARY, M.D.
Defendant: MITCH ALFORD (Other)
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS ============ No. 05-1018 ============ Robert W. Cary, M.D., Petitioner, v. Mitch Alford, Respondent ==================================================== On Petition for Review from the Court of Appeals for the twelfth District of Texas ==================================================== PER CURIAM The issue in this combined bill of review and medical malpractice appeal is whether the defendant s affidavit was sufficient to establish that his failure to answer was an accident rather than conscious indifference. The trial court held that it was, set aside a default judgment for $1,951,188.00, and granted a new trial. Two years later, the trial court granted summary judgment for the defendant. The Twelfth Court of Appeals reversed, holding that the defendant s bill-of-review affidavit was conclusory. ___ S.W.3d ___. We recently clarified the standard of review when service papers are lost. See Fidelity and Guar. Ins. Co. v. Drewery Constr. Co., 186 S.W.3d 571, 575-76 (Tex. 2006) (per curiam). Accordingly, without hearing oral argument, we grant the petition for review without reference to the merits, vacate the court of appeals judgment, and remand this case to that court to reconsider this issue in light of our recent decision. See Tex. R. App. P. 59.1, 60.2(f). OPINION DELIVERED: September 22, 2006

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