SHANTI v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

Nos. 14-10-01126-CV, 14-10-01147-CV, 14-10-01148-CV.

356 S.W.3d 705 (2011)

Ihsan SHANTI, M.D., Larry Likover, M.D., Rehab Alliance of Texas, Inc., d/b/a Steeplechase Family Healthcare and Steeplechase Pain Management & Surgical Associates, Sheila Smith, f/n/a Sheila Goyer, Dennis Smith, D.C., and Karl Covington, M.D., Appellants, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Allstate Indemnity Company, Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Allstate County Mutual Insurance Company, and Allstate Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, Appellees.

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

November 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel A. Houston , for appellant Ihsan Shanti, M.D., in No. 14-10-01126-CV.

Larry Likover, M.D. , pro se, in No. 14-10-01147-CV.

Timothy Abraham Rothberg , Chris E. Ryman , Jerry McFaddin Young , Houston, for appellants Rehab Alliance of Texas, Inc., d/b/a Steeplechase Family Healthcare and Steeplechase Pain Management & Surgical Associates, Sheila Smith, f/n/a Sheila Goyer, Dennis Smith, D.C., and Karl Covington, M.D., in No. 14-10-01148-CV.

David Kassabian , Bret W. Weatherford , Arlington, for appellees, in No. 14-10-01126-CV.

Bret W. Weatherford , Arlington, for appellees, in No. 14-10-01147-CV.

David Kassabian , Arlington, for appellees, in No. 14-10-01148-CV.

Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES and Justices ANDERSON and CHRISTOPHER.


OPINION

ADELE HEDGES, Chief Justice.

In this accelerated interlocutory appeal, appellants challenge the trial court's denial of their motion to dismiss under section 74.351 of the Texas Medical Liability Act ("TMLA"). See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 74.351(b) (West 2011); see also id. § 51.014(a)(9) (permitting interlocutory appeals from a trial court's ruling under Section 74...

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