TEXAS LAUREL RIDGE HOSP., L.P. v. ALMAZAN

No. 04-11-00545-CV.

374 S.W.3d 601 (2012)

TEXAS LAUREL RIDGE HOSPITAL, L.P. d/b/a Laurel Ridge Treatment Center, Appellant v. Dora ALMAZAN, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

July 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Biechlin, Jr. , Michael H. Wallis , Thornton, Biechlin, Segrato, Reynolds & Guerra, L.C., San Antonio, TX, for Appellant.

William B. Gammon , Austin, TX, for Appellee.

Sitting: KAREN ANGELINI, Justice, SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice, STEVEN C. HILBIG, Justice.


OPINION

Opinion by: STEVEN C. HILBIG, Justice.

The issue in this accelerated appeal is whether Dora Almazan's cause of action against Texas Laurel Ridge Hospital, L.P. d/b/a Laurel Ridge Treatment Center ("Laurel Ridge") is a health care liability claim subject to the expert report requirement in section 74.351 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. We hold the cause is a health care liability claim, and because the trial court found Almazan's expert...

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