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HOPEBRIDGE HOSP. HOUSTON, L.L.C. v. LERMA

NO. 14-16-00849-CV.

521 S.W.3d 830 (2017)

HOPEBRIDGE HOSPITAL HOUSTON, L.L.C., Appellant, v. Joshua LERMA, Appellee.

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

Opinion filed May 16, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Alan Sanders , Julianne C. Lomax , Joshua Kinsey Davis , Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Cris A. Rasco , Texas City, TX, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Justices Christopher, Busby, and Jewell.

OPINION

This appeal requires us to decide whether intentional tort claims of assault and battery constitute health care liability claims. Rebecca Lerma, as next friend of her son Joshua Lerma, sued appellant Hopebridge Hospital Houston, L.L.C. for assault and battery; Joshua later joined the suit after his eighteenth...

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