JELINEK v. CASAS

No. 08-1066.

328 S.W.3d 526 (2010)

Michael T. JELINEK, M.D. and Columbia Rio Grande Healthcare, L.P. d/b/a Rio Grande Regional Hospital, Petitioners, v. Francisco CASAS and Alfredo DeLeon, Jr., as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Eloisa Casas, Deceased, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald G. Hole , Ida Cecilia Garza , Hole & Alvarez, L.L.P., McAllen, for Michael T. Jelinek, M.D.

John N. Mastin , San Antonio, Francisco J. Rodriguez , Rodriguez Tovar & Lopez, LLP, McAllen, for Francisco Casas.

Mike A. Hatchell , Sarah B. Duncan , Elissa Gail Underwood , Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, LLP, Austin, Raul Javier Guerra , Green, DuBois & Guerra, San Antonio, Susan A. Kidwell , Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, LLP, Austin, for Columbia Rio Grande Healthcare, L.P.


Justice GUZMAN delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice HECHT, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice WILLETT joined, and in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice GREEN, and Justice LEHRMANN joined as to Parts I and II.A.

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