GARLAND COMMUNITY HOSP. v. ROSE

No. 02-0902.

156 S.W.3d 541 (2004)

GARLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, Petitioner, v. Debi ROSE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided November 5, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen L. Tatum, Cantey & Hanger, L.L.P., Fort Worth, for Christus St. Catherine Hospital.

Thomas S. Leatherbury, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Dallas, for St Luke's Episcopal Health Sys.

P. Michael Jung, Christine Roseveare, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Dallas, Joseph Marion Gregory, G. Michael Gruber, Julia F. Pendery, Yvette Jimenez Mabbun, Godwin Gruber, LLP, Dallas, for Garland Community Hospital.

Jay C. English, Laurie Luxton, English & Associates, P.C., Dallas, for Debi Rose.

Richard Warren Mithoff, Mithoff & Jacks, L.L.P., Houston, for Dolores Romero.


Chief Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action derives from Debi Rose's ("Rose") claim that Garland Community Hospital ("the Hospital") negligently credentialed a doctor who performed cosmetic surgery on Rose. We must decide whether a negligent credentialing claim is a health care liability claim as defined in the Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act ("MLIIA").1 Act of May 30, 1977, 65th Leg., R.S.,...

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