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DAVIS v. WEBB

No. 14-07-00331-CV.

246 S.W.3d 768 (2008)

William DAVIS, Appellant, v. John Q.A. WEBB, Jr., M.D., Appellee.

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

Rehearing Overruled February 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Bradley Ostrom, Houston, for appellant.

T. Marc Calvert, Houston, for appellant.

Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES, Justice GUZMAN, and Justice FRANK C. PRICE.

MAJORITY OPINION

EVA M. GUZMAN, Justice.

In this medical malpractice case, we determine whether an optometrist may generate an expert report concerning an ophthalmologist's alleged departure from accepted standards of medical care. Because an ophthalmologist is a physician and an optometrist is not, and only a physician is qualified to author an expert report regarding whether a physician departed from accepted...

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