HECTOR v. CHRISTUS HEALTH GULF COAST

No. 14-04-00625-CV.

175 S.W.3d 832 (2005)

Alzada HECTOR, Appellant, v. CHRISTUS HEALTH GULF COAST d/b/a Christus St. Joseph Hospital and Canaan L. Harris, M.D., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

August 18, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. McAllister, Houston, for appellant.

Matthew Brendan E. Hughes, T. Marc Calvert, Houston, for appellees.

Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES and Justices FOWLER and FROST.


OPINION

ADELE HEDGES, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Alzada Hector, was injured when she fell from an operating table during surgery to remove cancer from her ear. Ms. Hector brought suit against the hospital and the surgeon. The trial court dismissed Ms. Hector's case against each defendant for her failure to provide an expert report as required by the Texas Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act.1 Ms. Hector brings this...

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