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GIDDENS v. BROOKS

No. 09-01-142 CV.

92 S.W.3d 878 (2002)

James E. GIDDENS, Appellant, v. Karen BROOKS, M.D. and Memorial Medical Center of East Texas, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided December 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Giddens, Tennessee Colony, pro se.

R. Scott Fraley, Maria Wormington, Fraley, Fraley & Wentz, LLP, and Robert T. Cain, Jr., Zeleskey, Cornelius, Hallmark, Roper & Hicks, LLP, Lufkin, for appellees.

Before WALKER, C.J., BURGESS and GAULTNEY, J.J.

OPINION

DAVID B. GAULTNEY, Justice.

The trial court dismissed with prejudice this medical malpractice suit because the plaintiff, James E. Giddens, failed to produce an expert report supporting his claim. Appellant Giddens broke his jaw in a motor vehicle accident in July 1998 and thereafter sued Dr. Karen Brooks and Memorial Medical Center of East Texas ("Hospital") regarding his medical treatment. He alleges that Brooks negligently failed to diagnose and...

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