Texas Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 8 of 15

Texas Appellate Court Affirms That Patient’s Trip On Rug In Waiting Room Not Medical Malpractice

November 1, 2020

The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals (“Texas Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion filed on August 27, 2020: “A psychiatrist challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss a patient’s claims under the Texas Medical Liability Act for failure to serve an expert r[...]

Texas Appellate Court Overturns New Trial Order After Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

October 18, 2020

The Court of Appeals Thirteenth District of Texas Corpus Christi – Edinburg (“Texas Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated September 17, 2020, held “the jury’s verdict was supported by factually sufficient evidence, and the trial court impermissibly substituted its judgmen[...]

Texas Appellate Court Holds Claim Against Esthetician Was Not A Health Care Liability Claim

August 16, 2020

The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion filed on July 9, 2020 that “[b]ecause Gaytan’s [plaintiff’s] claims are based on the alleged acts or omissions of an esthetician not related to a physician-patient relationship, G[...]

Texas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Infant’s Brain Injury Suffered In Hospital

July 6, 2020

A federal medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in Texas on May 19, 2020 regarding the severe brain injury suffered by an infant in the defendant hospital shortly after undergoing a cardiac procedure. The Texas federal medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that on August 29, 2018, the infant was admit[...]

Texas Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Consulting Physician

June 26, 2020

In its opinion dated April 30, 2020, the Court of Appeals Eighth District of Texas El Paso, Texas (“Texas Appellate Court”) affirmed the defense verdict for a consulting physician in a Texas medical malpractice case, holding that the plaintiff “has not identified, nor have we found[...]

Texas Supreme Court Discusses Proper Application Of Statutory Reductions Of Medical Malpractice Jury Verdicts

May 15, 2020

The Supreme Court of Texas (“Texas Supreme Court”), in its opinion dated May 8, 2020, discussed the proper method of applying the required statutory reductions of a Texas medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff where some of the defendants settled before trial [...]

Texas Appellate Court Says Slip On Liquid On Floor In Hospital While Walking To Procedure Room Is A Medical Malpractice Claim

May 7, 2020

The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals (“Texas Appellate Court”), in its Majority Opinion dated March 26, 2020, held that the plaintiff’s claim that the defendant hospital was negligent as a result of her fall due to a liquid on the floor was “an alleged departure from accepte[...]

Texas Appellate Court Finds Hospital Nurse Failed To Comply With Whistleblower Statute

April 27, 2020

The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo (“Texas Appellate Court”), in its Memorandum Opinion dated March 18, 2020, addressed a nurse’s whistleblower claim against her employer, a Texas hospital, regarding mandatory work shifts. The Texas Appellate Court held that[...]

Texas Supreme Court Reverses $2.7M Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 16, 2020

On February 21, 2020, the Supreme Court of Texas (“Texas Supreme Court”) reversed a Texas medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the total amount of $2.7 million in a brachial plexus birth injury case, holding that Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 74.153’s standard o[...]

Texas Supreme Court Holds Bridal Shop’s Ebola-Related Claim Against Hospital Was A Medical Negligence Claim

March 15, 2020

In September 2014, the defendant hospital cared for a patient who was infected with the Ebola virus. A nurse who attended the patient at the hospital later visited a bridal shop in Ohio. Upon returning to Dallas, the nurse became ill and was diagnosed as having contracted the virus and recovered aft[...]

Texas Appellate Court Rules Defendant Hospital Entitled To Sovereign Immunity From Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit

January 27, 2020

The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals (“Texas Appellate Court”) stated in its Memorandum Opinion dated December 31, 2019 that “the gravamen of [the Texas medical malpractice wrongful death plaintiff’s] complaint is that the diagnosis and treatment of decedent Tracy Crawford&#[...]

Texas Supreme Court Orders Nonparty Doctor To Provide Discovery In Medical Malpractice Case

January 18, 2020

In its opinion dated December 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of Texas (“Texas Supreme Court”) stated: “The Texas Medical Liability Act limits discovery in a health care liability claim until the claimant serves an expert report in accordance with the Act on the physician or provider a[...]

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