ST. DAVID'S HEALTHCARE v. ESPARZA

No. 10-0524.

348 S.W.3d 904 (2011)

ST. DAVID'S HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIP, L.P., LLP d/b/a St. David's Hospital and St. David's Community Health Foundation, Petitioners, v. Genaro ESPARZA, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Stephen Dillawn , Missy K. Atwood , Germer Gertz Beaman & Brown LLP, Austin, TX, for Petitioner.

Aaron Felton Allison , Allison & Ward LLP, Austin, TX, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

In this case, we decide whether a patient's claim against a hospital for injuries suffered when he slipped and fell on a lubricating gel that fell to the floor of his hospital room during or immediately after a bladder scan is a health care liability claim. We hold that it is. Accordingly, we reverse the court of appeals' judgment and remand the case to the trial court with instructions to dismiss Esparza's...

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