TOVAR v. METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

No. 04-05-00054-CV.

185 S.W.3d 65 (2005)

Marie TOVAR, Individually and as Representative of The Estate of Guadalupe M. Rodriguez, Guadalupe Palacios, and Gilda Sanchez, Appellants, v. METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD., L.L.P., d/b/a Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

November 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Small, Law Office of Jeff Small, M. Stephen Cichowski, Cichowski & Gonzalez, P.C., San Antonio, for appellants.

Lucretia R. Marmor, Ruth G. Malinas, Ball & Weed, P.C., San Antonio, for appellee.

Sitting: SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice, KAREN ANGELINI, Justice, SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.


OPINION

Opinion by SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

This is an appeal from the trial court's dismissal of appellants' medical malpractice case against appellee on the grounds that appellants' expert report did not satisfy the requirements of the Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act ("the Act"). In the underlying lawsuit, appellants sued three doctors and Southwest Methodist Hospital, alleging, in part,...

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