AMERICAN TRANSITIONAL CARE v. PALACIOS

No. 99-1311.

46 S.W.3d 873 (2001)

AMERICAN TRANSITIONAL CARE CENTERS OF TEXAS, INC. d/b/a American Transitional Hospital, Petitioner, v. Teofilo PALACIOS and Maria Palacios, individually and a/n/f of Gloria Janeth Palacios and Rocio Daniela Palacios, minors, Maria Angelica Palacios, and Sentry Insurance, a mutual company, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 10, 2001.

Rehearing Overruled June 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew T. McCracken, John C. Marshall, James C. Marrow, Marshall & McCraken, Wesley Nagorny, Marshall & Gonzalez, Houston, for Petitioner.

D. John Leger, Leger & Coplen, Levon G. Hovnatanian, Martin Disiere & Jefferson, Houston, Mickey C. Shyrock, Law Office of Mickey C. Shyrock, Athens, for Respondents.


Justice HANKINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this medical-malpractice case we determine the standards for reviewing an expert report under section 13.01 of the Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act. TEX.REV.CIV. STAT. ANN. art. 4590i, § 13.01. The trial court dismissed the Palacioses' medical-malpractice claims against American Transitional Care Centers, Inc., d/b/a American Transitional Hospital, because it determined that the Palacioses...

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