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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[...]

Texas Appellate Court Dismisses Medical Malpractice Case Because Expert Report Filed 18 Minutes Too Late

August 9, 2019

The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion filed on July 10, 2019 that the plaintiff’s Texas medical malpractice case should have been dismissed by the trial court because the plaintiff’s medical malpractice[...]

Texas Appellate Court Decides Plaintiffs’ Expert Qualified To Give Opinions In Birth Injury Wrongful Death Case

March 18, 2019

The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion filed on March 7, 2019 in a Texas birth injury medical malpractice case that the plaintiffs’ expert report and accompanying resume, which listed the expert’s qualific[...]

Texas Appellate Court Holds OB’s Mistress’ Claim She Was Tricked Into Abortion Is A Medical Malpractice Claim

December 28, 2018

The Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion dated November 14, 2018 that the plaintiff’s claim that the defendant OB, who had a sexual relationship with her in 2009, had tricked her into having an abortion was a health car[...]

Texas Supreme Court Finds Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Expert Report Sufficient

February 28, 2018

The Supreme Court of Texas (“Texas Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on February 2, 2018 that the trial court and the lower appellate court were wrong in finding that the plaintiff’s expert report was deficient, stating “[b]ecause his report identifies the ‘cond[...]

Texas Appellate Court Hands Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs A Rare Win

February 23, 2017

In its opinion filed on February 16, 2017, the Court of Appeals Second District of Texas Fort Worth (“Appellate Court”) handed the medical malpractice plaintiffs a rare win in Texas, which is one of the most difficult states in the United States for victims of medical malpractice to obt[...]

Texas Doctor Alleges Claim Against Him For Injuries Caused By His Cow Is A Medical Malpractice Claim

April 14, 2015

A retired Texas doctor whose cows escaped from his property and caused serious injuries to a man whose motor vehicle struck the doctor’s cows on a public roadway alleges that the claim against him is a medical malpractice claim and therefore is subject to Texas’ medical malpractice l[...]

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