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IN RE WOMAN'S HOSP. OF TEXAS, INC.

Nos. 02-0748, 03-0334, 03-0368, 03-0474, 03-0668, 03-0976, 03-0981, 03-1015, 03-1056, 03-1062.

141 S.W.3d 144 (2004)

In re WOMAN'S HOSPITAL OF TEXAS, INCORPORATED d/b/a Columbia Woman's Hospital of Texas, Relator. In re Jeffrey Horswell, M.D., and Jeffrey Horswell, M.D., P.A., Relators. In re Kenneth Shapiro, M.D., Relator. In re Pablo S. Rodriguez, M.D., Relator. In re Fort Worth Osteopathic Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas, Relator. In re Craig W. Barker, M.D., High Plains Radiological Associates, and Muleshoe Area Hospital District d/b/a Muleshoe Area Medical Center, Relators. In re Southside Family Care Associates, P.A., and Rob Michael Tschauner, M.D., Relators. In re Riverside Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Northwest regional Hospital, et al., Relators. In re Derek Farley, D.O., Relator. In re Sidney Lynn Redels, D.O., Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

March 5, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara A. Hilburn, Hilburn Shorest & Sherer, Houston, for Mary Alice Cowan in No. 01-0748.

Nicole G. Andrews, John S. Serpe and Richard A. Sheehy, Sheehy Serpe & Ware, P.C., Houston, for Woman's Hospital of Texas Inc. in No. 02-0748.

James R. Tucker, Tucker & Associates, Houston, for Ann Tucker, Steve Tucker and T.T. in No. 02-0748.

David J. White and Hilaree A. Casada, Maria Louise Wormington, Godwin Gruber, LLP, Dallas, for Jeffrey Horswell (M.D., P.A.) in No. 03-0334.

Bill Zook, Ted B. Lyon & Associates, P.C., Mesquite, for Gloria Gaschler, Allan Puls (M.D.), Larry Puls (M.D.), Mary Puls and Estate of Richard J. Puls in No. 03-0334.

David E. Olesky, Cooper & Scully, Dallas, for Colombia Hospital at Medical and Medical City Dallas Hospital in No. 03-0368.

Max E. Freeman II, Max Freeman & Associates, Austin, for Donald Day, M.D. and Robert Pryor, M.D. in No. 03-0368.

J. Frank Kinsel Jr., Cantley & Hanger, P.C., Dallas, for David G. Genecov, M.D., Kevin S. Hopkins, International Craniofacial Ins. and Kenneth E. Salyer, M.D. in No. 03-0368.

J. Frank Kinsel Jr., and Carol J. Traylor, Cantley & Hanger, L.L.P., Fort Worth, for Kenneth Salyer, M.D. Frank Kinsel Jr., for Kenneth E. Salyer, M.D. in No. 03-0368.

Randy A. Nelson and Jason Berent, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, Dallas, for Pacific Coast Tissue Bank in No. 03-0368.

Randy A. Nelson, Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, Dallas, for Perfomat Inc. in No. 03-0368.

James Anthony Edwards, Cantley & Hanger, L.L.P., Fort Worth, for The Salyer Group in No. 03-0368.

David Michael Walsh IV, William H. Chamblee and R. Michael Perez, Chamblee & Ryan, P.C., Dallas, for Kenneth Shapiro, M.D. in No. 03-0368.

James J. Juneau, Juneau & Boll, PLLC, Addison, for Donna Wilcox and L.W. in No. 03-0368.

George Alan Boll, Juneau & Boll, PLLC, Addison, and David A. Dorey, Blank Rome LLP, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Timothy Wilcox in No. 03-0368.

Russell J. Bailey, Hinkle Hensley Shanor & Martin, LLP, Amarillo, for Susan Baltz and Grand Medical Clinic, NC in No. 03-0474.

Thomas D. Farris and Rhett J. Hubbard, Peterson Farris Moss Pruitt & Parker, Amarillo, for Pablo Rodriguez in No. 03-0474.

Jack C. Hazlewood, Law Offices of Jack Hazlewood, Amarillo, for Estate of Ruben Grimaldo and Mary Lopez in No. 03-0474.

E. Earl Harcrow, Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Fort Worth, for Fort Worth Osteopathic Hospital in No. 03-0668.

Gregory Scott Jackson, Karen S. Precella and Ben Mesches, Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Fort Worth, for Osteopathic Medical Center in No. 03-0668.

John David Hart, Law Offices of John David Hart, Fort Worth, for Teresa Cowan, Rachel Cox, Brenda Glassey, Ambra McKinzie, Charisa McKinzie, David McKinzie, Dennis McKinzie, Estate of Donna McKinzie and Raylene McKinzie in No. 03-0668.

Jim Hund, Hund and Harriger, LLP, Lubbock, R. Brent Cooper and Diana L. Faust, Cooper, Scully, P.C., Dallas, for Craig W. Barker, M.D. in No. 03-0976.

Charles E. Moss, Peterson Farris Doores & Jones, Amarillo, for High Plains Radiological Associates in No. 03-0976.

Benjamin H. Davidson II, McClesky Harriger Brazill & Graf, L.L.P., Lubbock, for Muleshoe Area Hospital District d/b/a Muleshoe Area Medical Center in No. 03-0976.

Joe L. Lovell, Lovell Lovell Newsom & Isern, L.L.P., Amarillo, and Frank J. Battaglia M.D., Houston, for Calvin A. Meissner in No. 03-0976.

Joe L. Lovell, Lovell Lovell Newsom & Isern, L.L.P., Amarillo, for Greta Meissner in No. 03-0976.

Linda C. Breck, Douglas M. Kennedy and Thomas F. Nye, Brin & Brin, P.C., Corpus Christi, for Southside Family Care Associates, P.A. in No. 03-0981.

Linda C. Breck, Brin & Brin, P.C., Corpus Christi, for Rob Michael Tschauner, M.D. in No. 03-0981.

Cage Wavell, Cage Wavell & Associates, Corpus Christi, for Thelma Laverne Jones and Jane Dewitt in No. 03-0981.

William A. Abernethy, Meredith Donnell & Abernethy, P.C., Corpus Christi, for Wallace John Arringdale, M.D. in No. 03-0981.

Paul Gaytan, Steven M. Gonzalez & Associates, Corpus Christi, for Bay Area Healthcare Group, Ltd. d/b/a Corpus Christi Medical Center and The Heart Hospital in No. 03-0981.

Richard W. Woolsey, Hermansen McKibben Woolsey & Villarreal, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, for Scott William McKinstry, M.D., and Cardiology Associates of Corpus Christi in No. 03-0981.

Diana L. Faust, John A. Scully, Lanette Lurleen Lutich and Ashley Elizabeth Frizzell, Cooper & Scully, PC, Dallas, Melanie Sky Breedlove, Houston, for Riverside Hospital, Inc. in No. 03-1015.

Diana L. Faust, Cooper & Scully, PC, Dallas, for Judith Tavares, R.N., Patricia Sohocki, R.N., Sylvia R. Garcia, L.V.N., Thelma T. Vasquez, L.V.N., and Debra Rodriguez, L.V.N. in No. 03-1015.

Randy Howry and Sean E. Breen, Herman Howry & Breen, L.L.P., Austin, for Rejenia Anderson in Nos. 03-1015, 03-1056, 03-1062.

Douglas M. Kennedy, Floyd Wayne Brown Jr., Thomas F. Nye, and Linda C. Breck, Brin & Brin, P.C., Corpus Christi, for Bruce Hoekstra, M.D. in No. 03-1015

Richard W. Woolsey, Hermansen McKibben Woolsey & Villarreal, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, for Derek Farley, D.O. in No. 03-1015.

J. Kevin Oncken, Uzick Oncken Scheuerman & Berger, P.C., San Antonio, for Calallen Minor Emergency Center, P.A., and Sidney Lynn Redels, D.O. in Nos. 03-1015, 03-1056, 03-1062.

Randy Howry, Herman Howry & Breen, L.L.P., Austin, for James Anderson and Jo Blaine Anderson in No. 03-1015.

Carlos Villarreal and Richard W. Woolsey, Hermansen McKibben Woolsey & Villarreal, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, for Derek Farley, D.O. in No. 03-1056.

Randy Howry, Herman Howry & Breen, L.L.P., Austin, for James Anderson, Jo Blaine Anderson and Robert Anderson in No. 03-1056.

Douglas M. Kennedy, Floyd Wayne Brown Jr., Linda C. Breck and Thomas F. Nye, Brin & Brin, P.C., Corpus Christi, for Bruce Hoekstra, M.D. in No. 03-1056.

J. Kevin Oncken, Uzick Oncken Scheuerman & Berger, P.C., San Antonio, for Sidney Lynn Redels, D.O. in No. 03-1056.

John A. Scully, Diana L. Faust, Lanette Lurleen Lutich, Ashley Elizabeth Frizzell, Cooper & Scully, PC, Dallas, and Melanie Sky Breedlove, Houston, for Riverside Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Northwest Regional Hospital in No. 03-1056.

John A. Scully, Cooper & Scully, P.C., Dallas, for Judith Tavares, R.N. Patricia Sohocki, R.N., Sylvia R. Garcia, L.V.N., Thelma T. Vasquez, L.V.N., Debra Rodriguez, L.V.N. in No. 03-1056.

Douglas M. Kennedy, Linda C. Breck, and Thomas F. Nye, Brin & Brin, P.C., Corpus Christi, for Bruce Hoekstra, M.D. in No. 03-1056.

Melanie Shy Breedlove, Houston, for Patricia Sohocki in No. 03-1056.

Diana L. Faust, Cooper & Scully, PC., Dallas, for Debra Rodriguez in No. 03-1062.

Lanette Lurleen Lutich and Ashley Elizabeth Frizzell, Cooper & Scully, P.C., Dallas, for Riverside Hospital Inc. d/b/a Northwest Regional Hospital in No. 03-1062.

Richard W. Woolsey, Hermansen McKibben Woolsey & Villarreal, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, for Derek Farley in No. 03-1062.

Petition for writ of mandamus denied.

Justice OWEN, joined by Justice HECHT and Justice BRISTER, concurring in part and dissenting in part to the denial of the petitions for writ of mandamus.

Today, the Court has not only the opportunity but I believe the obligation to carry out directives the Legislature gave to the courts of this state in article 4590i of the Revised Civil Statutes, which has recently been repealed and recodified with amendments.

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