McALLEN MEDICAL CENTER, INC. v. CORTEZ

No. 00-0710.

66 S.W.3d 227 (2001)

McALLEN MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Petitioner, v. Ramiro CORTEZ, Jr., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided August 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Kelly, Roger W. Hughes, Adams & Graham, Harlingen, for petitioner.

George G. Brin, Brin & Brin, Celeste P. Lira, San Antonio, for respondents.

Michael A. Caddell, Joe Phillips, Cynthia Bodendiec Chapman, Caddell & Chapman, Donald Lee Harvey, Houston, for respondents.

Ezequiel Reyna, Jr., Law Offices of Ezequiel Reyna, Jr., Weslaco, Mark A. Cantu, Law Offices of Mark A. Cantu, McAllen, for respondents.


Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Plaintiff brought this putative class action against a doctor and the hospital where he practiced, claiming that they had misrepresented the hospital's cardiac surgeons' qualifications. When the plaintiff settled with the doctor, the trial court certified a "settlement-only" plaintiff class, preliminarily approved the settlement, and scheduled a fairness hearing at which it would review and finalize both the certification...

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