COLUMBIA VALLEY v. ZAMARRIPA

No. 15-0909.

526 S.W.3d 453 (2017)

COLUMBIA VALLEY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, L.P. d/b/a Valley Regional Medical Center, Petitioner, v. Maria ZAMARRIPA, as Guardian of the Estates of R.F.R. and R.J.R., Minors, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: June 9, 2017.

Rehearing Overruled September 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth G. Malinas , Plunkett, Griesenbeck & Mimari, Inc., San Antonio, for Amicus Curiae Texas Association of Defense Counsel.

Thomas F. Nye , Gault Nye & Quintana, LLP, Corpus Christi , William Gault , Gault Nye & Quintana LLP, Brownsville, for Petitioner.

Gaines F. West II , Aaron B. Michelsohn , Donald Delgado , West Webb Allbritton & Gentry, P.C., College Station, Jennifer D. Jasper , West Webb Allbritton & Gentry PC, Austin, Mitchell C. Chaney , Colvin Chaney Saenz & Rodriguez LLP, Brownsville, Walter L. Boyaki , Miranda & Boyaki, P.C., El Paso, for Respondent.


This is a health care liability claim for the tragic death of Yolanda Iris Flores. The Texas Medical Liability Act ("the Act")1 imposes a threshold requirement that the plaintiff furnish what we have described as "a statement of opinion by an individual with expertise...

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