Texas detransitioner Soren Aldaco is speaking out after receiving a big win in a landmark Texas Supreme Court case on June 26 that could reshape how medical malpractice timelines are calculated.The Texas Supreme Court decided that Aldaco did not file her 2023 claims too late to take her healthcare providers to court, reversing a lower court's finding that her lawsuit was "time-barred" due to the state's strict statute of limitations laws.Aldaco shared her reaction to the ruling, that she described as a "huge" win, in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.TEXAS DETRANSITIONER SHARES HOW DOCTORS AND INTERNET ‘COSPLAY’ GROOMED HER INTO PERMANENT SURGERY"It sets precedent that in this unique area of law, providers can't skirt accountability by playing with the dates and the statute of limitations."Under Texas medical malpractice law, a patient generally has a strict two-year window (statute of limitations) to file a lawsuit.The core battle in Aldaco's case was determining exactly when that two-year countdown began.The therapist's letter is crucial to Aldaco's case because the medical group that conducted her double mastectomy advised her to obtain one.
Because Aldaco filed her lawsuit more than two years after that letter was written, the lower court ruled she was too late.The Texas Supreme Court's unanimous opinion delivered by Justice James Sullivan, reversed the lower court's finding that her claims were time-barred.The court concluded that the statute of limitations began when the injury occurred, but not when her therapist referred her for the procedure.The opinion stated, "The court of appeals rejected Aldaco’s arguments and held that the clock began ticking on February 22, 2021, when Wood "penned and provided the allegedly tortious recommendation letter" without which the double mastectomy couldn’t have occurred...
We disagree."WHAT THE SCOTUS TITLE IX RULING COULD MEAN FOR LAWSUITS SEEKING DAMAGES FOR WOMEN IMPACTED BY TRANS ATHLETESAldaco said ...