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Texas Appellate Court Holds Claim By Doctor Shocked By Medical Device Was Medical Negligence Claim

October 25, 2022

Doctor Shocked By Medical Device Was Medical Negligence Claim: The Court of Appeals Thirteenth District of Texas Corpus Christi – Edinburg (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion dated August 4, 2022 that a doctor’s claim that he was shocked and seriously inj[...]

Texas Appellate Court Rules Medical Malpractice Expert’s Report Was Timely Under Emergency Order

October 24, 2022

Expert’s Report Was Timely Under Emergency Order: A claimant asserting a health care liability claim against a physician ordinarily must serve on the physician an expert report not later than the 120th day after the physician files an original answer. TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 74.351([...]

Texas Appellate Court Rules Claim For Wrongful Death Occurring During Pending Medical Malpractice Case Was Timely

October 18, 2022

Court Rules Claim For Wrongful Death During Pending Malpractice Case Timely: In her original petition filed on March 5, 2013, Juana Laguna alleged that appellees negligently treated a fracture in Regino Gonzalez, Jr.’s left femur, which he suffered spontaneously while he was engaged in routine[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Texas Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Based On Deficient Expert Report

October 15, 2022

Court Reverses Dismissal Of Case: The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its May 9, 2022 Opinion that the trial court erred in dismissing the Texas medical malpractice case when it failed to consider the plaintiff’s amended expe[...]

Texas Anesthesiologist Charged With Alleged Tampering With IV Bags Implicated In Death, Surgical Emergencies

September 22, 2022

Anesthesiologist Implicated In Death after Tampering With IV Bags: The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Texas announced on September 15, 2022 that Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., 59, a Dallas anesthesiologist, allegedly injected nerve blocking agents and other drugs int[...]

Texas Appellate Court Holds Failure To File Proper Medical Authorization Wipes Out Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 5, 2022

Court Holds Failure To File Proper Authorization Wipes Out Malpractice Verdict: In its Memorandum Opinion filed on March 17, 2022, the Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in a Texas medical malpractice case: “We conclude Hampton’s a[...]

Texas Supreme Court Dismisses Medical Spa Laser Skin Treatments Case For Lack Of Expert Report

July 9, 2022

The Supreme Court of Texas (“Texas Supreme Court”) stated in its opinion filed on February 25, 2022: “The plaintiff in this case alleges that the defendants negligently administered various treatments that caused scarring and discoloration to her skin. The primary issue is whether [...]

Texas Supreme Court Discusses Requirements Of Periodic Payments Statute In Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case

July 7, 2022

Texas Civil Remedies & Procedures Code § 74.503 Texas Civil Remedies & Procedures Code § 74.503, Texas’ periodic-payments statute for medical malpractice cases, provides that “[a]t the request of a defendant physician or health care provider or claimant, the court shall order that [...]

$11.9 Million Texas Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict (Reduced To $2.19 Million Due To Texas’ Cap On Damages)

May 4, 2022

On April 26, 2022, Maples Nix & Diesselhorst attorneys Glendell Nix, Jacob Diesselhorst, Shea Bracken, and Brenda Doroteo, along with local counsel Malachi Daws and Judson Daws, obtained a substantial plaintiff’s verdict in Jefferson County, Texas (Beaumont) after a 3-week jury trial befor[...]

Texas Appellate Court Upholds That Fraud Claim Against Hospital Was Health Care Liability Claim

March 8, 2022

The Court of Appeals Thirteenth District of Texas Corpus Christi – Edinburg (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its January 6, 2022 Memorandum Opinion in a Texas medical malpractice case: “Because Soliz’s negligent credentialing claims are HCLCs [health care liability claims][...]

Texas Appellate Court Denies Summary Judgment In Medical Malpractice Case Based On COVID-19 Delays

January 17, 2022

In its Memorandum Opinion filed on December 21, 2022, the Court of Appeals Thirteenth District of Texas Corpus Christi – Edinburg (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in a medical malpractice case where the trial court denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment based on lim[...]

Texas Appellate Court Rules Nurse’s Claim He Was Subjected To Offensive Conduct While Under Anesthesia Is Medical Malpractice Claim

October 20, 2021

The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion filed on September 3, 2021 that the plaintiff nurse employee of the defendant hospital, who sued for intentional infliction of emotional distress for placing him i[...]

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